Year: 2017

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATORS EXCHANGE RATES CURRENCY ACTIVITY Friday 4-Aug Friday 11-Aug Friday 18-Aug Friday 25-Aug Friday 8-Sep Friday 15-Sep DOLLAR…

GBP/USD WEEKLY OVERVIEW Pound inched up 1% a one year high against the dollar after release of Consumers Price data…

PAKISTAN STOCKS END HIGHER AS FTSE, S&P REBALANCING PROVIDES TRIGGER Despite a volatile session, the Pakistan Stock Exchange ended in…

MARKET REVIEW The local bourse gained 1,386pts during the week continuing last week’s rally to close at 42,787, up by…

KSE-100 INDEX CLIMBS ON FOREIGN BUYING AND FTSE, S&P INCLUSION OF PAKISTANI STOCKS SUMMARY The week ended higher and remained…

KEY NEWS HELP INDEX CLIMB; FTSE MOVE, BY-ELECTION LIKELY TO PUSH SENTIMENTS During the week ended 15th September 2017, the…

PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI TRUCK ART BEING PRESENTED IN A US MUSEUM: Across the globe, Every country has its culture and people…

FLYDUBAI CUTS FARES BY UP TO 50% Dubai: Budget carrier flydubai has slashed its fares across a number of routes,…

OIL EASES, BUOYED BY HOPES FOR ROBUST DEMAND Oil prices eased on Thursday, but held on to most of their…

SINGAPORE MARINE FUELS SALES HIT RECORD Sales of marine fuels in August at Asia’s biggest ship fuelling port of Singapore…

WEEK-ON-WEEK: SPI FALLS 0.27PC The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended September 14, 2017 registered a decrease of…

AUGUST WHOLESALE INFLATION SPIKES TO 4-MONTH HIGH OF 3.24% India’s wholesale price inflation (WPI) rose to 3.24 per cent from…

UBER JOINS INDEPENDENCE CUP 2017, AS OFFICIAL TRANSPORT PARTNER Uber, the international smartphone app that seamlessly connects riders to drivers,…

[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…