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Index climbs to historic high

Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Monday witnessed historic high on first day of new week and the benchamark-100 index gained 277.11 points. It breached psychological barrier of 20,800 and closed at 20,814.14 against 20,537.03 Friday. The local bourse opened in green zone and closed on a positive note. The index touched highest level of 20,834.97 points during the intra-day trading.

Commenting on the market performance, Zafar Moti, a senior member KSE and Chairman ZMC Securities told Business Recorder that the local bourse is increasing unexpectedly on the back of institutional buying and foreign fund managers. He said local buyer is not seen anywhere in the market who should participate in trade as things are quite normal on the political front and a new federal government is going to be formed very soon. On Monday, market capitalisation following the trend of historical increase, crossed the level of Rs 5.000 trillion and closed at Rs 5.071 trillion, up by Rs 82.58 billion against Rs 4.989 trillion. The trading side could not sustain higher trend and volume at the ready counter stood at 343.599 million against previous 372.302 million shares.

Out of total 394 active scrips, 224 went up, 149 went down and that of 21 stocks remained unchanged. Bata (Pak) and Unilever Food were the top gainers of the day with share prices increasing by Rs 50.00 and Rs 50.00 to close at Rs 1875.00 and Rs 5150.00, respectively. While two other companies including Shield Corporation and Phillip Morris Pak were the top losers with share prices decreasing by Rs 9.99 and Rs 6.29 to close at Rs 190.00 and Rs 252.01, respectively. Nine companies available in "Top Ten" chart witnessed growth in their share prices while only one lost its worth. Lafarge Pak XD succeeded to gain the position of "Volume Leader" and with an increase of 89 paisa, it closed at Rs 7.97 on a turnover of 37.718 million.

Maple Leaf Cement remained in positive-zone. It gained 75 paisa to close at Rs 21.10 on some 24.821 million shares. Fauji Cement went up by 33 paisa to close at Rs 11.06 on 21.020 million shares. Bank of Punjab which remained volume leader for days lost four paisa to close at Rs 1.71 on 15.018 million shares. Dewan Cement gained 35 paisa to close at Rs 6.41 on 12.456 million shares. Byco Petroleum moved up by 47 paisa to close at Rs 11.22 on 10.092 million shares.

Lotte Chemical witnessed an increase of 13 paisa to close at Rs 7.85 on a turnover of 9.745 million shares. Southern Electric gained 28 paisa to close at Rs 3.26 on 9.304 million shares. Nishat Mills went up by Rs 1.55 to close at Rs 94.96 on 8.561 million shares. The last one among the Top Ten was Japan Power which saw an increase of 21 paisa to close at Rs 3.54 on a turnover of 8.558 million shares.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2013


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#6 Abrar Ahmad Khan 2012-08-10 12:36
Converting all existing presumptive taxes into adjustable withholding taxes at higher rates can increase direct tax revenues along with encouraging documentation.Lower rate of sales tax on sales through registered retailers can also help documentation.Higher rate of sales tax on electricity/gas can also help in increasing revenue/documentation.
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#5 Ahmad Faraz 2012-08-10 10:43
In this internet connected world FBR can establish a department which can check under invoicing through

1- Making bank to send an electronic copy of each T/T ( telegraphic transfer) or Letter of Credit made for an international transaction so FBR must know in advance the payment made by Company XYZ to Chinese exporter( or from other countries)

2- Once advance information about actual amount in hand FBR ( Customs) issue advance notice to importer for payment of import duty based on SIC codes and whatever are the import duties for that particular product

3- Finally once payment is made in Bank importer is allowed to pick his product

4- For advance payment of custom duty a little discount will be an added incentive
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#4 MUHAMMAD FAROOQ KHAT 2012-08-10 10:20
FBR PEOPLES SHOULD COMPLETE THE RETURN FORMS BEFORE JULY 2012. THIS PRACTICE SHOWING THEIR INTEREST. NO ONE CAN ASK THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE REAL RULLING KING
AND THE KINGS ARE EXEMPTED FROM EACH AND
EVERY QUERY
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#3 Rana M. Afzal Khan 2012-08-10 09:37
Karachi Port is the hub of corruption. Big importers of Glass sheets, Industrial Raw Materials have rented the corrupt customs officials and as a result Mis-declaration is common.
This is another feather in the cap of Asif Zardari - MQM Coalation. No customs officer can get posting at Karachi port without nod from these two. is this a big challenge to put few honest officers at karachi port and put ISI or similar intelligence unit to monitor each consignment ? Useless imports like school bags, stationery, toys should be banned. Chairmen FBR past and present, are these honourable people - if we are making such losses.
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#2 Ali sultan 2012-08-10 00:32
Important article
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#1 kks 2012-08-09 19:58
It will be crazy to reduce interest rate at this time by any one in his right mind.

In fact increase interest rate to counter inflation and encourage savings.

In Pakistan fiscal measures such as few percentage point change in interest rate do nothing except discourage savings.
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#0 emmasheehan 2012-08-04 17:23
The market rates may have gone down, or remained the same. For the homeowner to get qualified for lower rates, there are certain prerequisites but I would recommend you search online for 123 Refinance before you decide because they can find the 3% refinance rates.
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#-1 Ali Hassan Kazmi 2012-04-02 11:53
;-) Thumbs up!!! May this business relation bloom in the future...
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#-2 Francisco 2012-04-02 00:25
Is Mexico behind Argentina too, despite presidential hopeful Josefina Vazquez Mota's recent comments on the issue?
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#-3 david 2012-04-01 21:04
Through continued study and thought on this matter TB should be a thing of the past!

David

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Banking Review 2012

Annual2011/12
Foreign Debt $65.562bn
Per Cap Income $1,372
GDP Growth 3.7%
Average CPI 10.08%
MonthlyApril
Trade Balance $-1.779 bln
Exports $2.130 bln
Imports $3.909 bln
WeeklyMay 20, 2013
Reserves $11.601 bln