Darkness before dawn

Karachi, July 27, 2019: The domestic equity bourse remained lackluster throughout the outgoing week. While PM Khan’s successful visit to the US could not generate a sustainable rally at the index, foreign policy appears to be in-check. Albeit, AHL research pin commencement of the result season as the key reason behind the aforementioned index performance,…

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Urea off-take posted 5pc growth

Karachi, July 25, 2019: Urea offtake during 1H2019 depicted the growth of 5 percent YoY to 2.87 million tons on the back of pre-buying by dealers/farmers amid an expected hike in urea prices as the govt. was set to increase gas prices w.e.f. July 2019.  Furthermore, timely rain fall across the country also pushed up…

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Trade deficit up by 8 pc in June 2019

Karachi, July 24, 2019: The country’s trade deficit declined by 11 percent YoY to US$28.2 billion in last fiscal year (FY19) from US$31.8 billion in the previous year. Although in a normal scenario, this would be interpreted positively, as highlighted earlier, the previous year’s trade deficit had reached unsustainable levels and there was only one…

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