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Ensuring external stability

As the economy rebounds from last year’s Covid shock, recent trade and current account deficit numbers are ...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:32am

‘Bloodbath’ on bourse

KARACHI: Pakistan stocks got a hammering on Thursday with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing over 2,100 points or...

Published 03 Dec, 2021 04:31am

Business & Finance

Jul-Nov trade deficit widens 111.74pc YoY: PBS

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 111.74 percent to $20.590 billion during the first five months...

Updated 03 Dec, 2021 02:26pm

Imports reach $32.851bn mark: Jul-Nov trade deficit widens 68.6pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s trade deficit has widened by 68.6 percent as imports reached $32.851 billion during the...

Updated 02 Dec, 2021 09:35am

OICCI for free, multi buyer-seller power market

ISLAMABAD: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), the collective voice of top foreign...

Updated 12 Nov, 2021 02:04pm

Jul-Oct trade deficit swells 104pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country's trade deficit has swelled by 104 percent to $ 15.525 billion during the first four months...

Updated 02 Nov, 2021 09:48am

Opinion

CAD - cause for concern

Current account deficit (CAD) is again becoming a source of concern to policymakers with many independent economists...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 05:32am

Q1 trade deficit widens 100.6pc

Data shows country's imports stood at $18.631 billion during July-September 2021-22

Updated 05 Oct, 2021 09:27am

BR Research

CAD: Time running out?

The current account is clearly slipping. The deficit stood at $1.5 billion in August 2021, and the number is $2.3...

Updated 20 Sep, 2021 10:21am

Business & Finance

PBF VP says 'strong PKR is a boon'

ISLAMABAD: Vice President (VP) of Pakistan Businesses Forum (PBF), Ahmad Jawad has said that for a country like...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:55am

BR Research

Cotton import bill: no cause for panic

Last week, scary projections of trade deficit during the ongoing financial year saw exchange rate close in on it’s...

Updated 06 Sep, 2021 11:59am

BR Research

Wanted: creative measures to curb imports

Trade deficit in August 2021 stood at $4.06 billion which is the highest ever number - previous high was $3.77...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 07:30am

August trade deficit widens massive 133pc YoY

Imports of first two months (July-August) of 2021-22 reach $11.911 billion

Updated 03 Sep, 2021 12:28am

Editorials

Trade deficit

EDITORIAL: Trade deficit widened to 3.104 billion dollars in the first month of the current fiscal year - a rise of...

Published 11 Aug, 2021 04:27am

Trade deficit swells by 81.4pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has ballooned by 81.4 per cent to $ 3.058 billion in July 2021 as compared to ...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 02:25am

Trade deficit widened by 34.10pc

ISLAMABAD: The country’s trade deficit widened by 34.10 percent to $31.057 billion during the fiscal year...

Published 04 Jul, 2021 03:41am

Exports bounce back

ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday claimed that exports have bounced back owing to proactive measures taken by ...

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

Editorials

Trade deficit widens

EDITORIAL: The trade deficit has widened by a whopping 30.56 percent to 27.488 billion dollars July-May 2021 ...

Published 10 Jun, 2021 03:22am

World

US trade deficit narrows in April as imports fall

Trade deficit falls 8.2% to $68.9 billion in April.
Imports drop 1.4%; exports increase 1.1%.

Published 08 Jun, 2021 07:44pm

July-May trade deficit up 29.5pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country's trade deficit increased by 29.5 percent to $ 27.275 billion during the first 11 months...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

Declining import of services narrows down trade deficit by 52pc

During March 2021, services amounting to $ 536.95 million were exported while volume of imports of services was recorded $ 678.01 million, showing a deficit of $ 114.06 million in trade of services.

Published 05 May, 2021 06:43pm

World

US trade gap widens on rising imports: govt

Imports of goods and services rose $16.4 billion to $274.5 billion in the month, also a historic high.

Published 04 May, 2021 07:01pm

Trade deficit widens by 20.1pc in 10 months

ISLAMABAD: The country's trade deficit has widened by 20.1 per cent to $23.562 billion during first 10 months...

Published 03 May, 2021 04:39am

World

US goods trade deficit hits record high in March

Goods trade deficit widens 4.0% in March.
Goods exports increase 8.7%; imports rise 6.8%.
Wholesale inventories up 1.4%; retail down 1.4%.

Published 28 Apr, 2021 08:01pm

BR Research

Current account: will the march continue?

Another month of current account (almost) in balance. Based on PBS trade data, market had expected a deficit of over...

Published 26 Apr, 2021 07:25am

IMF projects $23.635bn exports, $46.168bn imports

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s exports will touch $ 23.635 billion...

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:17am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s Trade Deficit balloons over $ 20bn in 9MFY21

According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the trade deficit for the month of March 2021 was recorded at $ 3.271bn, showing a month-on-month increase of 28.02 percent as compared to a deficit of $2.555bn recorded in February 2021.

Published 03 Apr, 2021 01:39pm

Jul-Mar exports up 7pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports posted a growth of 7 percent in the first three quarters (July-March of 2020-21)...

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am

Feb C/A deficit narrows $50m MoM

KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit narrowed to $50 million in February 2021 compared to $210 million ...

Updated 22 Mar, 2021 09:41am

Business & Finance

Imported tea consumption up 22.17pc in 7 months

ISLAMABAD: The consumption of imported tea witnessed an increase of 22.17 percent during the first seven months of...

Published 15 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 19	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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