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SBP-held foreign exchange reserves plunge another $1.23 bn, now stand at $4.3bn

Lowest level of central bank reserves since February 2014 when they stood at $3.92bn

Published 12 Jan, 2023 08:32pm

Business & Finance

Dar says foreign exchange held with commercial banks property of citizens

Finance minister rejects rumours of govt mulling seizing control of FCY funds held with commercial banks

Updated 12 Jan, 2023 12:22am

Stalled bailout: IMF team to meet Dar in Geneva

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the sidelines...

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 08:49am

Pakistan

IMF says its delegation expected to meet Finance Minister Dar on sidelines of Geneva conference

Will discuss outstanding issues and path forward, says IMF spokesperson

Updated 08 Jan, 2023 10:59am

Economic challenges: Dar has failed to provide any roadmap: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s press conference on 4th January 2023 is an attempt to divert attention away...

Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:47am

Foreign exchange reserves at almost 9-year low level

KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reached almost nine years low level...

Updated 06 Jan, 2023 09:04am

Opinion

Woeful decline in forex reserves

The State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have declined below $6 billion as the SBP’s reserves...

Published 31 Dec, 2022 06:32am

Markets

Critical: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall another $294mn, now stand at $5.82bn

This is the lowest level of central bank reserves since April 2014, and raises concerns on Pakistan's liquidity position

Updated 29 Dec, 2022 07:19pm

Opinion

Low foreign inflows

The foreign exchange reserves of the SBP have plunged to $6,116 million as of 16th of December 2022. There has been ...

Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:07am

Markets

Monetary Policy Committee: SBP issues advance calendar for meetings in January-June 2023

Central bank schedules 4 meetings of Monetary Policy Committees during six-month period

Published 26 Dec, 2022 05:39pm

Business & Finance

Forex reserves decline $570m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign reserves fell by $570 million during the last week due to external debt...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Key phrase: ‘structural reforms’

State Bank of Pakistan says prudent monetary and fiscal policies imperative to increase resilience of the economy

Updated 22 Dec, 2022 09:52am

Business & Finance

Jul-Nov CAD shrinks 57pc YoY

KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit shrank 57 percent during the first five months of this fiscal year...

Updated 17 Dec, 2022 09:54am

Forex reserves fall to $6.7bn on repayments

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves decreased by $ 784 million to $6.715 billion during...

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 09:22am

FX reserves may rise in H2FY23: All debt repayments on track, says SBP governor

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad Thursday said all debt repayments are on track and the...

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 09:30am

Markets

Pakistan's debt repayment situation completely under control: SBP governor

During SBP's podcast, Jameel Ahmad says all upcoming obligations will be met on schedule, reserves' position to improve in second half of ongoing fiscal year

Updated 08 Dec, 2022 10:59pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $784mn, now stand precariously at $6.71bn

SBP attributes decline to payment of $1,000 million against maturing Pakistan International Sukuk and some other external debt repayments
This is the lowest level of SBP's reserves since January 2019

Published 08 Dec, 2022 08:01pm

Opinion

Is default in prospect?

The economy is closing in external payment ‘implied default’ situation. This means that with SBP’s (State Bank of...

Published 05 Dec, 2022 06:13am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves up by $75.2m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose by $ 75.2 million during last week. According ...

Updated 18 Nov, 2022 09:28am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $1.47bn, stand at $8.91bn

Increase attributed to receipt of $1.5bn from ADB

Published 03 Nov, 2022 08:42pm

Business & Finance

Forex reserves fall by $247m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by $247 million during the last week....

Published 23 Sep, 2022 06:15am

Markets

Saudi Fund for Development confirms rollover of $3bn deposit maturing on Dec 5 for 1 year: SBP

Deposit is placed with SBP and part of its forex reserves

Updated 18 Sep, 2022 07:16pm

Business & Finance

Forex reserves fall by $156m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves dropped by $156 million during last week due to...

Published 16 Sep, 2022 06:40am

Business & Finance

SBP reserves increase by $1.103bn to $8.799bn

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan increased by $1.103 billion ...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:58am

Business & Finance

SBP’s reserves fall by $113m to $7.697bn

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $113...

Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am

SBP’s reserves up $67m to $7.897bn

KARACHI: the State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $ 67 million during last week. With ...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 05:57am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $67mn, now stand at $7.9bn

Total liquid forex reserves held by Pakistan stand at $13.61 billion

Updated 19 Aug, 2022 12:21am

Markets

Critical: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $555mn, now stand at $7.83bn

Decrease due to external debt repayments, which are expected to moderate during the next three weeks of this month, says central bank

Published 11 Aug, 2022 08:27pm

Business & Finance

Forex reserves fall by $453m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by $453 million to $ 15.742 billion at the...

Published 08 Jul, 2022 07:21am

Forex reserves soar on $2bn Chinese inflows

Country’s reserves were constantly on decline due to scheduled external debt servicing and financing of current account deficit

Updated 01 Jul, 2022 09:45am

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
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 20	80.09
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 20	214678
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 20	2436.84
Cotton US¢/pound / May 20	76.56
Petrol/Litre / May 21	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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