The rupee, which has been consistently recovering after falling to a record low last month, continued its upward momentum on Thursday.<\/p>\n
By 1:20pm, the local currency had gained Rs4.91 or 2.21 per cent to reach Rs217 against the dollar in the interbank market, data shared by the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP) showed.<\/p>\n
FAP Chairperson Malik Bostan attributed the rupee\u2019s continued recovery to several factors, including the expected release of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tranche by August 19 to 24 which he said had created confidence among investors and ended the crisis the market was facing.<\/p>\n
Besides this, Pakistan\u2019s Eurobond rating had improved, the import bill was consistently declining and the inflation numbers for August were expected to be lower than in previous months, he said.<\/p>\n
Bostan said the rupee could gain further in the coming days and trade at 200 against the dollar.<\/p>\n
Alpha Beta Core CEO Khurram Schehzad said discussions about the materialisation of inflows had led to the PKR\u2019s recent gains.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe IMF will hold its board meeting in 10-12 days, following which $1.2 billion are expected to be received and there is news that a package of up to $5bn can be received from friendly countries UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. China is also talking about further rollover of loans,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
In addition, the prices of oil had dropped internationally and imports had been reduced due to the government\u2019s measures, all of which had affected the exchange rate positively, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The rupee, which has been consistently recovering after falling to a record low last month, continued its upward momentum on Thursday. By 1:20pm, the local currency had gained Rs4.91 or 2.21 per cent to reach Rs217 against the dollar in the interbank market, data shared by the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP) showed. FAP Chairperson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[181,6111,6490,3232],"class_list":{"0":"post-276652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-dollar","9":"tag-pakistani-rupee","10":"tag-pkr","11":"tag-usd"},"yoast_head":"\n