Rupee gains 4 paisas in early trade on declining import bill

Rupee gains 4 paisas in early trade on declining import bill

KARACHI: The Pak Rupee gained 4 paisas against dollar in early day trading on Thursday after the reports of significant fall in import bill in March 2019.

The dollar is being traded at Rs141.34 to the dollar in interbank foreign exchange market. The foreign currency market was ended at Rs141.38 to the dollar.

The import bill has been declined by 21 percent in March 2019 to $4.15 billion as compared with $5.25 billion in March 2017.

The total import bill during first nine months of current fiscal year fell by 8 percent to $40.75 billion as compared with $44.28 billion in July – March 2017/2018.