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100bps cut in policy rate

EDITORIAL: On 5 May the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to reduce the discount rate by 100 basis points —...

Updated 07 May, 2025 07:23am

BR Research

Is SBP frontloading easing?

The monetary policy committee seems to have discovered its inner daredevil. Despite exports sinking to a 22-month...

Published 06 May, 2025 03:19am

Markets

SBP reduces key interest rate by 100bps, takes it to 11%

This is the lowest policy rate since March 2022

Updated 05 May, 2025 07:04pm

Business & Finance

Monetary Policy Committee to meet on May 5: SBP

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday, May 05, 2025 to decide...

Published 30 Apr, 2025 12:48pm

Markets

SBP likely to cut key policy rate by 50bps to 11.5%, brokerage house says

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) was expected to cut the key policy rate by...

Published 28 Apr, 2025 09:54pm

Business & Finance

MPC meeting on May 5: Further cut in policy rate likely

KARACHI: With the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) set to convene its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on May 5,...

Published 24 Apr, 2025 04:11am

BR Research

Back in gear

As small as Pakistan’s automobile industry is, it has contracted significantly in recent years. By FY24, industry...

Published 08 Apr, 2025 09:04am

Pakistan

‘Cruel and exploitative’: PPP vows all-out resistance against new net-metering regulations

Shazia Marri demands immediate reversal of the policy
Pledges legal, political, and public resistance to protect consumers and Pakistan’s renewable energy future

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 06:24pm

Pakistan

SBP pauses rate cuts, but likely not for long

Economists say government should focus on implementing economic reforms

Updated 12 Mar, 2025 02:32pm

Pakistan

SAI chief stresses need for lowering policy rate to fuel industrial growth

KARACHI: Business community has urged the government and the State Bank to lower the policy rate in line with...

Published 12 Mar, 2025 03:03am

Business & Finance

Businesses express mixed reactions over policy rate status quo

The business community voiced mixed opinions following the central bank’s decision of keeping the policy rate...

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 11:32pm

Markets

Status quo: SBP keeps interest rate unchanged at 12%

MPC says core inflation remains at an elevated level

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 10:53pm

Opinion

MPC clearly in a dilemma about how to respond to policy rate question

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is set to announce its monetary policy decision today. Over the past six reviews,...

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 06:10am

FPCCI demands 5pc cut in policy rate at one single stroke

KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has apprised that the business, industry and trade community of...

Updated 06 Mar, 2025 09:05am

Business & Finance

MPC meeting on March 10

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to hold its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Mar...

Published 01 Mar, 2025 06:28am

Business & Finance

India’s central bank delivers first rate cut in nearly 5 years

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key repo rate for the first time in nearly five years on Friday to...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 10:54am

BR Research

Is SBP under pressure, or sandbagging expectations?

A monetary policy committee that took 14 months to double the policy rate between 2022 and 2023, has managed to cut...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 07:54am

Business & Finance

In line with expectations: SBP reduces key interest rate by 100bps, takes it to 12%

MPC expects headline inflation for FY25 to average between 5.5-7.5%

Updated 27 Jan, 2025 11:35pm

Business & Finance

PVMA urges SBP to lower interest rate to boost economy

KARACHI: Sheikh Umer Rehan, Chairman of the Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA), has urged the State...

Published 25 Jan, 2025 06:22am

Markets

Commercial banks borrow Rs9.61 trillion from SBP for 7 days

Commercial banks have borrowed Rs9.61 trillion from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) at an interest rate of 13.04%...

Updated 25 Jan, 2025 06:43am

Business & Finance

MPC meeting on 27th

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Monday, January 27, 2025 to decide about the...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 06:12am

Business & Finance

Monetary Policy Committee to meet on January 27: SBP

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday, January 27, 2025, to...

Updated 20 Jan, 2025 07:57pm

Editorials

Sacrificed at the altar of fiscal constraint

EDITORIAL: Data uploaded on the website of Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives reveals that it...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:06am

Markets

‘Interest rate still too high’: business community reacts to SBP’s cut of 200bps

Pakistan business community welcomed the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) decision to cut the key policy rate by 200...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 09:05pm

Markets

How the key interest rate has moved since July 2022

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday reduced the key policy rate by 200...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 09:46pm

Markets

Fifth successive cut: SBP reduces key policy rate by 200bps, takes it to 13%

Development in line with analysts' expectations

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 10:39pm

Business & Finance

PVMA urges SBP’s MPC to bring down policy rate to single digit

KARACHI: The Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) has urged the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to bring...

Published 15 Dec, 2024 02:50am

Business & Finance

Zimbabwe central bank keeps policy rate at 35%

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s central bank said on Wednesday that its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had met and decided to...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 12:19pm

Editorials

Inflation slide arrested

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed a 4.9 percent Consumer Price Index, a 2.3 percent decline...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

Markets

Another significant cut in key policy rate expected as inflation eases

SBP has eased its monetary stance since June 2024, cumulatively reducing key interest rate by 700bps
MPC is next scheduled to meet on December 16

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 10:56pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 9	281.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 9	281.50
USD to Japanese Yen / May 9	145.15
USD to Swiss Franc / May 9	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / May 9	1.33
Euro to USD / May 9	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 8	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 8	5,663.94
Nasdaq / May 8	17,928.14
Dow Jones / May 8	41,368.45
India Sensex / May 9	79,496.11
Tokyo Nikkei / May 9	37,503.33
Hang Seng / May 9	22,833.68
FTSE 100 / May 9	8,569.40
Germany DAX 30 / May 9	23,459.01
France CAC40 / May 9	7,731.05

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 8	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 8	302,383
Petrol/Litre / May 9	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 9	60.39
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 9	3,326.57
Diesel/Litre / May 9	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 9	66.46

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First AL-Noor Mod. / May 9 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3 ▲ 0.67 (28.76%)
Escorts Bank / May 9 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6 ▲ 0.85 (16.5%)
Premier Insurance / May 9 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5.15 ▲ 0.72 (16.25%)
UDL International / May 9 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.24 ▲ 0.99 (15.84%)
B. F. Mod. / May 9 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	7.34 ▲ 0.99 (15.59%)
Abdullah Shah / May 9 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	5.48 ▲ 0.69 (14.41%)
LSE Capital / May 9 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	4.47 ▲ 0.56 (14.32%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / May 9 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	2.08 ▲ 0.26 (14.29%)
Cnergyico PK / May 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.48 ▲ 0.76 (13.29%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / May 9 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	3.95 ▲ 0.46 (13.18%)

Stock	Price
Cyan Limited / May 9 Cyan Limited(CYAN)	27 ▼ -5.08 (-15.84%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / May 9 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.11 ▼ -1 (-12.33%)
Next Capital / May 9 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	6.90 ▼ -0.92 (-11.76%)
Paramount Mod / May 9 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	6.50 ▼ -0.78 (-10.71%)
Jubilee Spinning / May 9 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	8.38 ▼ -1 (-10.66%)
Din Tex. / May 9 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	44.99 ▼ -5 (-10%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 9 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	42.57 ▼ -4.73 (-10%)
Khyber Tobacco / May 9 Khyber Tobacco Company Limited(KHTC)	342.26 ▼ -38.03 (-10%)
National Silk / May 9 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	37.85 ▼ -4.2 (-9.99%)
Chakwal Spinning / May 9 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	36.85 ▼ -4.09 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / May 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	47,067,305 ▲ 0.06
Cnergyico PK / May 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,276,520 ▲ 0.76
Sui South Gas / May 9 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	29,120,731 ▼ -1.56
B.O.Punjab / May 9 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	18,295,053 ▲ 0.46
Pak Refinery / May 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	15,283,592 ▲ 0.33
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / May 9 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	14,808,605 ▼ -1.33
Sui North Gas / May 9 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	14,766,407 ▲ 5.91
K-Electric Ltd. / May 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,463,181 ▲ 0.12
Maple Leaf Cement / May 9 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,534,480 ▲ 4.13
Kohinoor Spining / May 9 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	13,314,651 ▲ 0.02

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