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SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $533mn, stand at $4.07bn

Increase comes on back of realisation of $300 million proceeds of government of Pakistan’s commercial loan

Published 03 Jul, 2023 09:06pm

Construction of bonded warehouses: Policy introduced to facilitate foreign oil firms

LAHORE: Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik said on Wednesday that government had introduced a new...

Updated 29 Jun, 2023 03:21pm

Editorials

Revised budget: a detailed anatomy

EDITORIAL: Federal budget 2023-24 was passed by the National Assembly on Sunday without any meaningful discussion on...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

TMA underscores need for banning import of non-essential items

KARACHI: The senior vice chairman of the Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan has expressed severe concern...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Expert speaks about PKR’s real effective exchange rate

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) could have been Rs322 by the end of June 2023 as most...

Updated 26 Jun, 2023 09:15am

Markets

India’s forex reserves rise to $596.10bn in week to June 16

BENGALURU: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose to $596.10 billion as of June 16, the Reserve Bank of India’s...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 07:33pm

Business & Finance

PM briefs IMF chief, hopes for release of stalled funds

PARIS: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday briefed International Monetary Fund’s managing director Kristalina...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan receives another $300m from China

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves fell by $515 million during the last week, mainly due...

Updated 23 Jun, 2023 08:55am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $482mn, stand at $3.54bn

Receipts of $300mn from China to be reflected in next week’s data, says central bank

Published 22 Jun, 2023 08:16pm

Opinion

Managing energy imports to save forex reserves

Pakistan relies on imports for 49 percent of its primary energy supplies, which strains its already limited foreign...

Updated 22 Jun, 2023 06:12am

Reserves, IMF term: $1bn Chinese loan received

KARACHI: Pakistan on Friday night received $1 billion inflows from China as loan to build the depleting foreign...

Updated 17 Jun, 2023 08:58am

Markets

Pakistan receives $1bn from China: SBP

Inflow is the same amount paid back to China earlier

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 11:25pm

Business & Finance

Forex reserves up $107m to $4.019bn

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 107 million during the last week....

Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:13am

Business & Finance

Multilateral debt country’s biggest problem: Pasha

ISLAMABAD: Former Finance Minister Dr Hafiz Pasha Thursday said Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves are 16 ...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:08am

Moody’s disputes govt’s growth assumption

Says Government of Pakistan’s budget lacks major revenue-raising or spending-containment measures to alleviate intense government liquidity pressures

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 08:54am

Dar says IMF still procrastinating

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Thursday stated that the “International Monetary Fund (IMF) or no-IMF,...

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 08:56am

Markets

After six weeks: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $107mn, now stand at $4.02bn

Central bank gives no reason behind increase

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:18pm

Business & Finance

Payment made in Chinese currency: govt

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan paid for its first government-to-government import of discounted Russian crude in Chinese...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Markets

Back-to-back falls: rupee settles at 287.63 against US dollar

Currency depreciates 0.24% in inter-bank market

Updated 12 Jun, 2023 07:37pm

Opinion

Budget: Will money come as budgeted?

The key question from an economic perspective is not whether the budget 2023-24 is pro-poor, pro-business,...

Updated 12 Jun, 2023 07:06am

External public debt recorded at $85.2bn by March-end

ISLAMABAD: External public debt was recorded at $85.2 billion at the end of March 2023, revealing a decrease of...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:59am

Markets

Alarming: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall another $179mn, now stand at $3.91bn

Fall comes due to external debt repayments

Updated 08 Jun, 2023 11:50pm

Economic Survey 2022-23 to be unveiled today: PDM govt fails to meet even a single target

The country’s Gross Domestic Product has missed all annual targets due to variety of reasons including lingering political uncertainty

Updated 08 Jun, 2023 09:30am

World Bank revises Pakistan’s GDP growth downward to 0.4pc

Projects GDP growth rate at 2pc for next fiscal year of 2023-24

Updated 07 Jun, 2023 10:30am

Markets

Pakistan’s textile exports plunge 20% in May: APTMA

Exports clock in at $1.31 billion, compared to $1.64 billion in same month of 2022

Updated 03 Jun, 2023 10:22pm

Afghanistan, Iran, Russia: Country outlines process for barter trade

Govt tries to manage balance of payments crisis amid record inflation

Updated 03 Jun, 2023 09:14am

Editorials

Pro-growth budget

EDITORIAL: Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue, which was chaired by Salim Mandviwalla, reviewed...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves down $206m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by another $206 million during the last week....

Updated 26 May, 2023 08:54am

Opinion

GDP estimates: fudging under way?

The economic recession in Pakistan is getting worse. GDP contraction is happening at a much faster pace than was...

Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am

Slow growth, rising inflation: SBP projects a double whammy for country

Says demand management measures and floods in 2022 have weighed heavily on the country’s growth outlook for FY23

Updated 20 May, 2023 07:23pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	155.76
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.27
Euro to USD / May 20	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	39197.34
Hang Seng / May 20	19650.18
FTSE 100 / May 20	8442.03
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	18754.68

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Petrol/Litre / May 20	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 20	80.09
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 20	214678
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 20	2436.84
Diesel/Litre / May 20	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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