Year: 2017

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATORS EXCHANGE RATES CURRENCY ACTIVITY Friday 14-Jul Friday 21-Jul Friday 28-Jul Friday 4-Aug Friday 11-Aug Friday 18-Aug DOLLAR…

MARKET REVIEW The stock market maintained the downward trajectory in this week (except Tuesday, where the market exhibited meager recovery…

POLITICAL TURMOIL CONTINUE TO HAMMER KSE-100 INDEX, SHEDDING 2,210 POINTS SUMMARY The week at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), shorter by…

FOREIGN INTEREST WEAKENS OVER POLITICAL UNEASE, CURRENCY DEPRECIATION Political uncertainty raised further after the departure of Mian Nawaz Sharif. The…

PAKISTAN: CCP IMPOSES PKR 10 MILLION PENALTY ON COLGATE-PALMOLIVE PAKISTAN: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has passed an order…

UAE BIG CLEARANCE SALE: 80% OFF DESIGNER LABELS Dubai: In a city populated with malls and shopping centres, one can’t…

OIL EDGES UP ON FALL IN US CRUDE STOCKS Oil prices edged up on Thursday, clawing back some ground after…

GLOBAL SHIPPING FIRMS GOING SUPER-SIZED The hulking container ships that transport sneakers, bananas and barbie dolls around the world keep…

CURRENCY: PKR STABLE AGAINST $ The rupee remained stable against the dollar at 105.3/105.5 in the inter-bank market on Friday…

STRICTER PENALTIES FOR CALL DROPS NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai has increased the penalty for call drops and imposed stricter…

NBP PRESIDENT VISITS QUETTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & THE BANK’S BRANCHES IN THE CITY Saeed Ahmad, President and CEO of…

[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…