{"id":103355,"date":"2026-01-06T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/dollar-and-other-currency-rates-in-pakistan-today-06-jan-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:21:09","slug":"dollar-and-other-currency-rates-in-pakistan-today-06-jan-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/dollar-and-other-currency-rates-in-pakistan-today-06-jan-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar and Other Currency Rates in Pakistan Today, 06 Jan. 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karachi, 06 January 2026 \u2013 The Pakistani rupee started the first full trading week of 2026 on a steadier note, with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fixing the USD\/PKR mark-to-market currency rate at Rs 280.0731, 7 paisa below last close and the slimmest print since the year-end holiday lull.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Priority Currencies \u2013 Quick Take<\/h2>\n

1. US Dollar (USD) \u2013 280.07 (spot)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 7-paisa dip keeps the greenback locked inside the 279\u2013282 range that has governed trade since October. One-week forwards sit at 280.38, implying a wafer-thin 0.11 % carry. Exporters continue to sell above 280.50, while oil importers nibble below 280.00.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiquidity is ample; the currency rate is drifting on positional tidy-ups rather than fresh macro cues,\u201d said a senior treasury dealer.<\/p>\n

2. British Pound (GBP) \u2013 379.86 (spot)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sterling grabs headline space at 379.86 after UK wage data cooled BoE rate-cut bets; one-year forward is 395.81, implying 4.2 % annualised rupee softness. Textile exporters to Manchester are locking in six-month receivables above 382, keeping forward points well bid.<\/p>\n

3. Saudi Riyal (SAR) \u2013 74.68<\/strong><\/p>\n

SAR edges 1 paisa lower to 74.68; 12-month forward is 77.23, an annualised 3.4 %\u2014still the narrowest band among major remittance corridors. Exchange booths see steady demand from Umrah travellers locking in ahead of the January rush.<\/p>\n

4. UAE Dirham (AED) \u2013 76.25<\/strong><\/p>\n

AED softens 1 paisa to 76.25; six-month forward is 77.48, implying 3.3 % annualised rupee softness. UAE salary inflows remain anchored to formal banking, keeping the pair quietly stable.<\/p>\n

5. Qatari Riyal (QAR) \u2013 76.63<\/strong><\/p>\n

QAR slips 1 paisa to 76.63; 12-month forward is 79.90, a 4.3 % annualised gap\u2014virtually identical to SAR and AED, underscoring uniform Gulf-peg calm.<\/p>\n

6. Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD) \u2013 911.65<\/strong><\/p>\n

KWD is flat at 911.65; twelve-month forwards at 958.06 equate to 5.1 % annualised PKR weakness\u2014marginally wider than GCC peers owing to thinner dinar liquidity.<\/p>\n

7. Australian Dollar (AUD) \u2013 188.60<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cAussie\u201d rebounds to 188.60 as iron-ore steadies above $102\/t. One-year forward is 195.82, implying 3.8 % annualised rupee deprecation\u2014almost flat against the SAR curve, confirming commodity-driven moves.<\/p>\n

8. Canadian Dollar (CAD) \u2013 203.61<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cLoonie\u201d holds above 203.61 as WTI crude hovers near $77\/bbl. Twelve-month forwards at 215.06 still pencil out to 5.6 % annualised rupee softness, but importers of prairie pulses are said to have covered February shipments early, capping further CAD gains.<\/p>\n

Other Majors \u2013 Single-Paragraph Round-Up<\/h2>\n

Euro opens at 328.62, down 0.2 % on the week after softer German CPI data; one-year forward is 347.97, translating into 5.9 % annualised rupee weakness. Japanese yen remains the cheapest major at 1.79 per unit, but forwards price 7.1 % annualised PKR decline\u2014the steepest among G-10 pairs. Swiss franc is 354.05; Singapore dollar 218.94; Swedish krona 30.58; Norwegian krone 28.00; Danish krone 43.98; New Zealand dollar 162.68; Chinese yuan 40.12; Turkish lira 6.51; Russian ruble 3.47; Indian rupee 3.11; Bangladeshi taka 2.29\u2014all inside well-worn ranges and implying no event-risk premium ahead of the IMF\u2019s first-quarter 2026 review.<\/p>\n

Market Context & Outlook<\/h2>\n

The uniformly slender forward premiums\u2014barely 5\u20136 % annualised even for the least-liquid pairs\u2014tell currency desks that both importers and exporters believe the State Bank has enough cover to defend the rupee through the winter remittance season. Reserves have risen $1.5 billion in six weeks to $20.8 billion, while the real effective exchange rate (REER) slipped to 98.2 in November, a level the IMF considers \u201ccompetitive but not undervalued.\u201d Unless oil spikes above $90 or political noise disrupts the Fund programme, traders expect the USD currency rate to remain hand-cuffed to the 278\u2013282 corridor for the opening quarter of 2026, dragging the rest of the currency mosaic along in its slipstream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karachi, 06 January 2026 \u2013 The Pakistani rupee started the first full trading week of 2026 on a steadier note, with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fixing the USD\/PKR mark-to-market currency rate at Rs 280.0731, 7 paisa below last close and the slimmest print since the year-end holiday lull. Priority Currencies \u2013 Quick Take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.arynews.tv\/zip-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/currency-rates-pakistan.jpg?imageMogr2\/format\/jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t