Year: 2017

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATORS EXCHANGE RATES CURRENCY ACTIVITY Friday 2-Jun Friday 9-Jun Friday 16-Jun Friday 23-Jun Friday 7-Jul Friday 14-Jul DOLLAR…

PSX INDEX TAKES BRIEF RESPITE AS POLITICAL ANARCHY LIKELY TO SHUN INVESTORS Political uncertainty negatively impacted Pakistan’s equities market. The…

INDEX RECOVERS AFTER DROPPING TO YEAR’S LOWEST LEVEL SUMMARY Stock exchange remained under the influence of joint investigation team (JIT)…

MARKET REVIEW The week started off on a positive note as market participants initially interpreted the JIT report to be…

PAKISTAN STOCKS TAKE 554-POINT GAIN AMID LOW TURNOVER The stock market posted a slight recovery to end its three-day losing…

GBP/USD WEEKLY OVERVIEW Pound dipped to a two week low on Monday over the Bank of England warning regarding hike…

YES BANK GETS ANOTHER $150 MN FROM OPIC TO FUND SME LENDING New Delhi, July 13 Private sector Yes Bank…

IMF, PAK FAIL TO SEE EYE TO EYE IN ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMY Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) remained poles…

BALTIC INDEX INCREASES ON HIGHER RATES ACROSS ALL SEGMENTS The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships…

WORLD OIL HEADS FOR 5PC WEEKLY GAIN Oil prices rose on Friday, as reports of supply issues in Nigeria and…

PAKISTAN: SAFE CITY PROJECT ALLOCATING TO HUAWEI WILL DO IT AT A TISK OF PROJECTS BEING LEFT: Chairman Consumer Rights…

GOLD HITS BIGGEST FALL SINCE MARCH Dubai: More bargains await jewellery fans who will hit the shops in Dubai this…

YANDEX AND UBER COMBINE RIDESHARING BUSINESSES IN RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Yandex and Uber announced last week an agreement to…

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is one of the best known lagging indicators. The consumer price index expresses the current prices of a basket…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he balance of trade compares the value of a country’s exports of goods and services against its imports. When exports…

[dropcap]K[/dropcap]ibor rate is the average interest rate at which term deposits are offered between prime banks in the Pakistani wholesale…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]emographic is the study of a population based on factors such as age, race and sex, among others. Governments, corporations…

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]nflation is a sustained increase in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy. When the…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n interest rate is the cost of borrowing money, or conversely, the income earned from lending money. Interest rates are…