Year: 2017

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Friday Friday Friday Thurs Friday Friday 13-Oct 20-Oct 28-Oct 9-Nov 17-Nov 24-Nov DOLLAR…

MARKET REVIEW The benchmark KSE100 index slid by 1.5%WoW to settle at 40,248level. The week started off on a bearish…

BEARISH TREND CONTINUES AS KSE-100 INDEX DROPS 1.5PC WOW SUMMARY The KSE-100 index during this week came down to 40,248.4…

STOCKS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE ON STATE OF UNCERTAIN POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL SCENE During the week ended 24th November 2017, the…

PAKISTAN SURF EXCEL #HAARKOHARAO CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS CHILDREN’S WELFARE: On the Universal Children’s Day, Surf Excel, a household name in Pakistan,…

GOLD PRICES DIP, 22K PRICED AT DH146.75 IN DUBAI Gold prices nudged lower on Thursday, with investors taking profits after…

OIL PRICES DIP AFTER US CRUDE HITS NEAR 2-YEAR HIGH Oil prices eased on Thursday, with U.S. crude dipping away…

SHIP OPERATING COSTS STABILISE AS MARKET RECOVERY LIFTS PRESSURE The cost of operating cargo ships rose marginally in 2017 following…

WORLD BANK REPORT HIGHLIGHTS DIFFICULTIES FOR PAKISTAN’S LABOUR FORCE Pakistan will need to tackle the triple challenge of creating enough…

CASHEW RISES ON FRESH BUYING New Delhi, Nov 23 () Cashew prices rose by Rs 5 per kg at the…

BMW GROUP SELLS MORE THAN 2 MILLION VEHICLES GLOBALLY For the first time ever at this point in the year,…

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

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]xperts have been consistently saying that Pakistan has one of the lowest savings rate, but the successive government have been…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]lthough agriculture sector is dominating sector in Pakistan and is source of employment of majority of its people but industrial…

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Friday 6-Oct Friday 13-Oct Friday 20-Oct Friday 28-Oct Thurs 9-Nov Friday 17-Nov DOLLAR…

BEARISHNESS PREVAILS; SLIDING OIL PRICES, MSCI REVIEW AND VOLATILE POLITICAL STATE HOLD ACTIVITIES The benchmark index of Pakistan Stock Exchange…

PAKISTAN PAKISTANI RESEARCHERS DEVELOP CHEAP NANO PARTICLES THAT CAN HEAL BURNT SKIN: Scientists from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)…

DUBAI AIRSHOW: $114B ORDERS FLY IN FIVE DAYS The region’s largest aviation showcase, Dubai Airshow 2017, ended an action-filled five-day…

GOLD, SILVER MARGINALLY DOWN Gold and silver were trading marginally lower in deals on Thursday on account of subdued demand…

TANKER SHIPPING OVERSUPPLY TO KEEP RATES LOW IN 2018: FITCH A glut of new vessel deliveries and limited scrapping of…

GOVT MAY SACK HEADS OF POORLY PERFORMING POWER COMPANIES The government may sack heads of three power distribution companies for…

LEXUS MAY PRICE NEW COMPACT SUV HYBRID NX 300H AT RS 60 L Mumbai, Nov 17 () Japanese auto major…

TRIBUTE TO ALLAMA IQBAL BY PAKISTAN HIGH COMMISSION , SINGAPORE Prof. Salahuddin Mohammad Shamsuddin, eminent scholar, delivered a lecture on…

[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]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…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Richard Edelman (President, Edelman)[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e are just out of the field on a flash poll in the…

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

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Anglia Ruskin University[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the business of shops and selling, times are tough. Retail…