Oil prices fell on Monday, with the Brent benchmark hovering around $80 a barrel as investors awaited this week’s Opec+ meeting and expected curbs on supplies into 2024. Brent crude futures were down 37 cents, or 0.4pc, at $80.21 a barrel by 11:33 a.m. ET (1633 GMT), while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures lost 29 cents, or 0.4pc, to $75.25. Both contracts lost $1 in early trading.
The rupee’s struggle to remain strong could not succeed for the third consecutive session, and the dollar appreciated by 27 paise in the interbank market on Monday. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported the closing price of the dollar at Rs285.64, compared to Rs285.37 the day before, leaving market experts undecided about the future of PKR in the coming days or weeks. Currency dealers we
Driven by higher shipments to China, the exports to nine regional countries witnessed a year-on-year growth of 14.3 per cent during the first four months of the current fiscal year, showed data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday. The country’s exports to Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives rose to $1.443 billion in July-Octo
Share prices of Islamic banks took a beating on Monday, thanks to Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar’s recent statement that customers are getting short-changed by Sharia-compliant lenders by way of insufficient returns on deposits. Speaking to a TV host, Dr Akhtar said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) should review the issue of minimum deposit rate (MDR) — a provision that Islamic banks are c
State-run Pakistan LNG Ltd (PLL) on Monday awarded a contract to OQ Trading —an Oman subsidy — to deliver an LNG cargo in the second week of January at a post-bidding negotiated price of $17.95 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) to minimise peak winter gas shortage. Earlier, the PLL had received four international bids against its urgent tender. OQ Trading was the lowest at $18.46 per uni