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SPI up 4.15% YoY on food, energy | The Express Tribune
A vendor arranges tomatoes on his pushcart. The kitchen essential was selling on pushcarts for Rs400-450 and in supermarkets at Rs550-580 due to short supply in the market. Photo: Jalal Qureshi/Express
KARACHI:
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported a 4.15% year-on-year (YoY) increase in the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended November 13, 2025, signalling continued inflationary pressures across essential commodities.
The rise was largely attributed to higher prices of staple food items, including wheat flour, sugar, gur, beef and bananas, coupled with increased costs of household energy and cooking items such as firewood, cooking oil and LPG. Non-food items, including ladies’ footwear, also contributed to the overall surge in consumer prices.
However, the week-on-week increase was only 0.53%, influenced by prices of essential commodities. The SPI, which tracks price movements of 51 key items across 50 markets in 17 cities, has been designed to provide a short-term gauge of inflationary trends in the country.
According to the report, the week-on-week increase was most pronounced in food and fuel items. Chicken prices surged 20.33%, while tomatoes rose 12.03% and bananas 2.32%. Household energy and cooking essentials also contributed to the overall rise, with LPG prices up 1.97%, cooking oil (five litres) up 0.38% and firewood higher by 0.26%. Among other commodities, beef prices increased 0.26% and mutton 0.07%.
Conversely, several commodities saw notable price declines during the week under review. Onion prices fell sharply by 6.65%, while pulse gram dropped 2.61%. Sugar and gur prices decreased 1.07% and 1.78%, respectively. Wheat flour fell 0.69%, pulse mash 0.66% and pulse moong 0.27%.
Out of the 51 items tracked, prices of 15 items increased, 12 decreased and 24 remained unchanged, highlighting a mixed trend in weekly commodity movements.
The SPI report also provided a year-on-year perspective, showing an overall increase of 4.15% compared to the same period in 2024. Significant increases were observed in non-food and food items alike. Ladies’ sandals recorded the highest annual increase of 55.62%, followed by sugar at 40.25% and gas charges for low-income households (Q1) at 29.85%.
Wheat flour prices were up 18.70% while gur and beef rose 16.47% and 14.29%, respectively. Firewood and bananas recorded annual increases of 12.23% and 11.71%, respectively. Vegetable ghee (2.5 kg), diesel, cooking oil and mutton also saw notable price hikes ranging from 8% to 10.93%.
On the other hand, some essential items showed year-on-year declines. Garlic prices fell sharply by 36.29%, pulse gram by 29.89% and Q1 electricity charges for households by 26.26%. Tomatoes and potatoes saw decreases of 23.01% and 22.46%, respectively, while tea (Lipton) declined 17.79%.
The government on Thursday kept petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) prices unchanged at Rs253.17 per litre and Rs257.08 per litre respectively, for the coming fortnight, starting from January 16.
This decision was notified in a press release issued by the Petroleum Division.
Earlier, it was expected that the prices of all petroleum products would go down by up to Rs4.50 per litre (over 1pc each) today in view of variation in the international market.
Petrol is primarily used in private transport, small vehicles, rickshaws, and two-wheelers, and directly impacts the budgets of the middle and lower-middle classes.
Meanwhile, most of the transport sector runs on HSD. Its price is considered inflationary, as it is mostly used in heavy transport vehicles, trains, and agricultural engines such as trucks, buses, tractors, tube wells, and threshers, and particularly adds to the prices of vegetables and other eatables.
The government is currently charging about Rs100 per litre on petrol and about Rs97 per litre on diesel.
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Gold price today: How much 22K, 24K gold cost in Delhi, Patna & other cities – Check rates – The Times of India
Gold prices climbed to a fresh lifetime high in the domestic market on Thursday amid sustained buying by jewellers and stockists, according to the All India Sarafa Association.Gold advanced by Rs 800 to hit a new peak of Rs 1,47,300 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes), extending gains for the fifth consecutive session. The yellow metal had closed at Rs 1,46,500 per 10 grams in the previous session.Since the start of 2026, gold prices have surged Rs 9,600, or around 7 per cent, supported by persistent demand in the physical market. In overseas trade, spot gold slipped USD 12.22, or 0.26 per cent, to USD 4,614.45 per ounce, after having touched a record high of USD 4,643.06 per ounce in the previous session.Here is how much gold costs in major Indian cities today:
Gold price in Delhi today
The price of 22K gold in Delhi is Rs 13,140 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold is priced at Rs 14,333 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
Gold price in Chennai today
In Chennai, 22K gold costs Rs 13,290 per gram, up Rs 10, while 24K gold is priced at Rs 14,498 per gram, higher by Rs 10.
Gold price in Mumbai today
Mumbai markets see 22K gold priced at Rs 13,125 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold stands at Rs 14,318 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
Gold price in Ahmedabad today
In Ahmedabad, 22K gold is priced at Rs 13,130 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold costs Rs 14,323 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
Gold price in Kolkata today
Kolkata markets price 22K gold at Rs 13,125 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold stands at Rs 14,318 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
Gold price in Jaipur today
In Jaipur, 22K gold costs Rs 13,140 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold is priced at Rs 14,333 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
Gold price in Hyderabad today
Hyderabad sees 22K gold at Rs 13,125 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold is priced at Rs 14,318 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
Gold price in Bhubaneswar today
Bhubaneswar markets see 22K gold priced at Rs 13,125 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold costs Rs 14,318 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
Gold price in Patna today
In Patna, 22K gold costs Rs 13,130 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold is priced at Rs 14,323 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
Gold price in Lucknow today
Lucknow markets see 22K gold priced at Rs 13,140 per gram, down Rs 75, while 24K gold costs Rs 14,333 per gram, lower by Rs 82.
One of Britain’s most prolific rail fare dodgers could face jail after admitting dozens of travel offences.
Charles Brohiri, 29, pleaded guilty to travelling without buying a ticket a total of 112 times over a two-year period, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.
He could be ordered to pay more than £18,000 in unpaid fares and legal costs, the court was told.
He will be sentenced next month.
District Judge Nina Tempia warned Brohiri “could face a custodial sentence because of the number of offences he has committed”.
He pleaded guilty to 76 offences on Thursday.
It came after he was convicted in his absence of 36 charges at a previous hearing.
During Thursday’s hearing, Judge Tempia dismissed a bid by Brohiri’s lawyers to have the 36 convictions overturned.
They had argued the prosecutions were unlawful because they had not been brought by a qualified legal professional.
But Judge Tempia rejected the argument, saying there had been “no abuse of this court’s process”.
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