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Asian markets mostly lower as virus forces new lockdowns

Aug 3, 2020: Asian markets mostly fell Monday with sentiment depressed by a spike in coronavirus infections that has forced fresh lockdowns and sparked worries about the impact on the world economy.                  

Weekly News Roundup

August 2, 2020 (MLN): The highlights of the important economic and business events that took place during the last week are in order so as to become acquainted with the recent developments in

SBP reverts to normal office timings from August 3

August 01, 2020 (MLN): The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will revert to normal office timings from Monday, August 3, 2020. The State Bank said the Banks, Development Finance Institutions and Microfinance Banks

Weekly Economic Roundup

August 01, 2020 (MLN): The latest weekly roundup is here to update the financial and economic data releases as they provide a guide to keeping an eye on trends in the upcoming week.

Key Pakistan Market Stats and Economic Indicators

Market Data and Economic Indicators Weekly Performance   Jul 31, 2020 Jul 24, 2020 PKR InterBank 166.9815 167.2606 KSE100 Index 39,258.44 37,607.62 Avg Daily Volume 389,823,896 412,468,391 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 105,881 101,766

Canada’s economy rebounds 4.5% in May

July 31, 2020: The Canadian economy rebounded in May, posting growth of 4.5 percent as activity bounced back following two months of sharp declines due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Friday.

Petrol prices increased by Rs3.86 per liter

July 31, 2020: Keeping in view the global price hike of oil, the government on Friday increased the prices of petrol from Rs100.11 per liter to Rs103.97 per liter, an increase of Rs3.86.

France sees record 13.8% GDP plunge in second quarter

July 31, 2020: France's economy contracted by a record 13.8 percent in the second quarter under the impact of coronavirus lockdowns, the national statistics institute INSEE said Friday. The seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter drop in

Key Pakistan Market Stats and Economic Indicators

Market Data and Economic Indicators Weekly Performance   Aug 30, 2019 Aug 23, 2019 PKR InterBank 156.8577 157.5215 KSE100 Index 29,672.12 31,350.01 Avg Daily Volume 123,883,682 174,414,990 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 76,732 74,674 KIBOR 6M

Private sector retires Rs 35 billion in a week

August 30, 2019 (MLN): The non-government sector has retired another net sum of Rs. 35.38 billion during the week ended August 23, 2019, which brings the cumulative net retirment for ongoing fiscal year FY2020 to

Govt borrowing eases by Rs 53 billion in a week

August 30, 2019 (MLN): The government of Pakistan has retired an additional sum of Rs. 52.56 billion during the week ended August 23, 2019, which brings its total net retirement for ongoing fiscal year FY2020

Electric Power Generation grows substantially

August 30, 2019 (MLN): Power generation in Pakistan is improving at a good pace now as the total generation has risen from 13, 751GWh in July 2018 to 14,231GWh in July 2019, reported National Electric

OGRA proposes cut in Petroleum product prices

August 30, 2019 (MLN): The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has proposed reduction in the prices of Petroleum products for the month of September 2019. According to the rates recommended in summary, the price

IRSA releases 247,800 cusecs water

August 30, 2019: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Friday released 247,800 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 264,100 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, Tarbela Dam had already

Govt has reduced monthly circular debt

Aug 30, 2019: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Petroleum, Nadeem Babar Thursday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), government had reduced monthly circular debt to a single digit due to effective policies. Talking to a

ECNEC approves development projects worth Rs 579 billion

August 29, 2019: The government’s agenda for enhancing agriculture productivity, improving water management, making Pakistan green, giving Karachi a facelift and introducing decentralised decision-making dominated the proceedings of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council