KSE-100 index declined 3,405 points or 8.4% in 2018

Equities recorded sluggish trading during 2018 as traded volume plateaued by 22% YoY.

Tax collection grows 3.5% year-on-year, touches Rs1.79 trillion

The July-December FY18-19 collection is equivalent to 41% of the yearly target of Rs4.4 trillion

Trade progress boosts Wall Street at end of rough year

US stock indexes jumped on Monday in a broad-based rally driven by growth sectors, as signs of progress in the US-China trade dispute...

Bears in control as PSX sheds another 100 points

KARACHI: Failing to close the last trading session of the year positive, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was once again taken over...

The rupee is falling. Let it crash

Why letting the currency exchange rate fall may help fix some (but not all) of the structural flaws in the economy

While PSX has a horrible year, one company more than doubled its share price

Avanceon Ltd’s CEO Bakhtiar Wain gears up for even faster expansion as cash flows in

Bearish sentiments prevail at PSX as investors look for positive triggers

KARACHI: Bearish sentiments surrounded the bourse once again as trading resumed in the absence of a positive trigger after a holiday on Tuesday....

Oil rises to $51 after steep slide; growth fears weigh

LONDON: Oil rose to $51 a barrel on Wednesday on perceptions that a price slide to 2017 lows prompted by economic worries had...

Tax department likely to go through major reform

The Imran Khan led government is also considering introducing technology-based solutions for the identification of tax evasions and enhance transparency

Iran says detains 17 for foreign exchange fraud

Iran intervened in the currency market and threatened speculators as it engineered a dramatic recovery of the rial in recent weeks to ease pressure on its economy

Russia’s energy minister sees oil prices stabilizing in first-half 2019

Novak also said there were no proposals for an extraordinary meeting with OPEC, and he attributed the fall in oil prices to macroeconomic factors

China issues nationwide ‘negative’ investment list

Industries not on the list are open for investment to all and require no approval

Dollar slips to four-month low vs. yen amid turmoil in Washington

The dollar fell 0.39 percent to 110.00 yen, its lowest level since late August and is set to fall for an eighth straight session against the Japanese currency

Japan stocks plunge, other Asia markets fall after US losses

The Nikkei 225 fell by an unusually wide margin of 4.8 percent to 19,189.00 and Shanghai Composite Index lost 2.3 percent to 2,469.28

China won’t resort to massive stimulus but more easing seen: central bank adviser

To ward off a sharp slowdown, China has unveiled a raft of policy measures this year, including four rounds of reserve requirement ratio cuts to boost lending, along with lower taxes and fees, and moves to fast-track infrastructure projects