The board also approved the third interim cash dividend of Rs 1.80 per share.
ICI quarterly profit surges 300pc
ICI Pakistan Ltd’s PAT soared almost 300pc to Rs1.894bn during 1QCY21 from Rs471m in the same period 2020. For the nine months (July-March) of 2020-21, the PAT swelled 86pc to Rs4.3bn from Rs2.3bn in the same period last year.
Nestle Pakistan earns Rs3.2bn
Nestle Pakistan Ltd reported 68pc jump in PAT to Rs3.2bn during the quarter ended March 31, 2021 from Rs1.9bn in the same period 2020. The company posted a revenue of Rs32.3bn, up by 8pc over the same period 2020.
Business
April 28, 2021
KARACHI: Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) profit declined 20 percent to Rs24.120 billion in the quarter ended March 31, 2021, translating into earnings per share (EPS) of Rs5.61, a bourse filing said on Tuesday.
The company earned Rs30.010 billion with EPS of Rs6.98 during the same period last year. The company announced third interim cash dividend at Rs1.80/share in addition to earlier interim dividends of Rs3.60/share.
OGDCL’s nine month profit in fiscal year 2020-2021 declined 20 percent to Rs66.346 billion compared to Rs83.122 billion in the same period last fiscal. The EPS in 9MFY21 was Rs15.43 compared to Rs19.33 in the same period of FY20.
KSE-100 stage sharp recovery amid buying spell by Mutual Funds; index up 976 points
Stocks stage sharp recovery at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), amid heavy buying spree by Mutual Funds.
On Monday , the benchmark KSE-100 opened on a positive note and touched intra-day high at 45,952.45 level after gaining 1,245.69 points. However, paring some early gains the index clocked at 45,682.77 index level by the closing bell after posting a 976.01 points gain.
During the session the strong earnings announcements propelled bullish sentiments as many scrips became active namely in the Banking, Oil, Fertilizer and Cement sector.
The government’s allocation of six exploration blocks to Oil & Gas exploration companies also resulted in strong investment inflows towards the sectors, specifically Oil & Gas Development Company Limited and Pakistan Petroleum Limited
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Daily Times
April 24, 2021
Petroleum Division on Friday awarded six more oil and gas blocks to three leading companies aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in the energy sector by increasing Exploration and Production (E&P) activities in potential areas of the country.
Minister for Energy Muhammad Hammad Azhar witnessed the signing ceremony of Petroleum Concessions/Exploration Licences of 6 oil & gas blocks that held here at the Petroleum Division, a news release said. The Exploration Licences (ELs) and Petroleum Concession Agreements (PCAs) were signed by Secretary Petroleum Mian Asad Hayaud Din and Director General Petroleum Concessions Abdul Jabbar Memon on behalf of the government. While, Managing Director (MD) Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Shahid Saleem Khan, MD Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL) Faheem Haider and MD Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) signed the agreements representing their companies.