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Pakistan Stock Exchange closes higher
Latest Pakistan
  • Syed Raza Hassan
  • Jul 30, 2025
Pakistan Stock Exchange closes higher amid volatile session

Early trading was marked by selling pressure from leveraged investors amid uncertainty over a possible interest rate cut

PSX closes on negative
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  • Syed Raza Hassan
  • Jul 28, 2025
PSX ends higher amid hopes of rate cut ahead of MPC meeting

Cement, Pharmaceuticals, and Technology & Communication sectors were the major contributors in today’s session, cumulatively adding 467 points to the index.

monetary policy
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  • Syed Raza Hassan
  • Jul 23, 2025
Poll shows market participants eye rate cut ahead of monetary policy meeting

State Bank of Pakistan is scheduled to hold its Monetary Policy Committee meeting on July 30

gohar ejaz
Latest
  • Web Desk
  • Jun 27, 2025
Controlling boom-bust cycle through high rates is flawed: Gohar

Boom-and-bust patterns witnessed between 2018 and 2022 were not caused by low interest rates or increased imports of daily-use items, but were largely driven by global oil price shocks.

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) building
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  • Web Desk
  • Jun 16, 2025
SBP holds key rate at 11% amid Iran-Israel conflict

The decision also comes on the heels of Pakistan’s contractionary budget, where it cut total spending by 7% and set a GDP target of 4.2% for fiscal year 2025-26.

Muhammad Aurangzeb
Latest Pakistan
  • Web Desk
  • Jun 09, 2025
Pakistan’s economy turning a corner after earlier challenges: Finance Minister

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said that Pakistan’s economic trajectory has turned positive and is expected to remain so.

Policy rate
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  • Reuters
  • May 05, 2025
Pakistan central bank lowers key policy rate to 11pc

Nine of 14 analysts surveyed by Reuters expected the central bank to cuts its key rate, with three expecting a 50 bps cut and two calling for a 100 bps cut.

PSX
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  • Syed Raza Hassan
  • Mar 11, 2025
Bears prevail at PSX as policy rate decision dampens market sentiment

KSE-100 index closed on a relatively flat note, fluctuating throughout the session as investors reacted to status quo policy rate decision.

policy rate
  • Syed Raza Hassan
  • Mar 10, 2025
Why did SBP keep the policy rate unchanged?

MPC viewes that some pressures on external account have emerged due to rising imports amidst weak financial inflows

SBP monetary policy
Latest
  • Web Desk
  • Mar 10, 2025
SBP announces new monetary policy today

From 22 per cent in June 2024, the SBP has brought monetary policy rate down to 12 per cent in January 2025.

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