KARACHI, October 30, 2019: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has incurred net loss of Rs 1.043 billion (consolidated) in the FY 19 as compared to a profit of Rs 175.673 billion in the FY18. According to Annual Performance Review of SBP for the year FY19, the decline is primarily attributed to exchange loss of…
Karachi, October 01, 2019: Earnings of the KSE-100 index depicted a downturn of 7.4 percent YoY during 4QFY19. Based on sectoral weight, this was led primarily by Cements (-82 percent YoY; 5.4 percent weight), Power Generation & Distribution (-46 percent YoY; 6.5 percent weight), Food & Personal Care Products (-76 percent YoY; 3.2 percent Weight),…
Karachi, August 27, 2019: The Government has reported 4QFY19 fiscal deficit of 3.9 percent of GDP, taking full-year FY19 deficit to 8.9 percent of GDP or Rs3.4 trillion vs. 6.6 percent or Rs2.2 trillion in FY18 which is a record high. Previous high deficit was seen in FY12 at 8.8 percent. The numbers are different…
Karachi, July 19, 2019: Banking sector is most likely to witness robust growth during this fiscal year (FY20) supported by higher interest rates. According to JS Global, outperform stance on banks for CY19 on account of healthy profitability growth driven by recent monetary tightening (1QCY19 Net Interest Income growth: 25 percent YoY), which is expected…
Islamabad, July 17, 2019: Pakistan’s current account deficit declined sharply 32 percent during the last fiscal year (FY19) due to regulatory reforms to cut the import bill. According to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan current account deficit was $ 13.587 billion in FY19 compared to $19.897 billion in FY18, showing a declined of $…