KARACHI (March 14, 2010): Pakistan Government International Bonds daily prices for Saturday (March 13, 2010)

KARACHI (March 14, 2010): The following were the revised rates of debt securities on Saturday (March 13, 2010).

KARACHI (March 14, 2010): The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Saturday (March 13, 2010).

KARACHI (March 14, 2010): The following were the cross transactions between client to client & financial institutions here on Saturday (March 13, 2010).

KARACHI (March 13, 2010): Bullish trend continued at the share market on Friday and the KSE-100 index closed above 10,000 points level after 17 months, mainly on the back of strong foreign investors' interest. After opening on a positive note, the index hit 10,039.76 points intra-day high, up 160.06 points. The news of Lahore bomb blast during the session tiggered panic selling for a while and the index briefly visited negative zone.

LAHORE (March 13, 2010): Oil sector led the equities upward amid bullish sentiments on the Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) on Friday on account of the investors' interest who stayed on buying course throughout the day. The LSE-25 index jumped to 3189.12 against 3108.62 of Thursday, showing an improvement of 80.50 points.

ISLAMABAD (March 13, 2010): Equities moved both ways at the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) where investors adopted a cautious approach under the lead of hot favourite amid increase in the index. ISE Ten Index showed an increase of 59.82 points, as the Index moved from 2,419.27 to 2,479.09points.

KARACHI (March 13, 2010): On Friday, the BRIndex 30 opened at 8,658.34 points and remained in positive for most of the market time with a slight drop in the second session touching the intraday low of 8,617.05 points. It recovered soon afterwards and touched intra-day high of 8,781.75 points and closed at 8,770.07, with a positive change of 111.73 points, or 1.29 percent higher than Thursday's close.

KARACHI (March 13, 2010): A massive inflow of $29.274 million of foreign portfolio investment at the local equity market was witnessed during the outgoing week ended March 12, 2010. According to National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL) data, the cumulative inflow of this mode of investment has increased to $56.920 million during the current month.

ISLAMABAD (March 13, 2010): Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms on Friday proposed that the provincial governments should be allowed to set up and regulate stock exchanges within their jurisdictions, reliable sources told Business Recorder. Members of the committee made this proposal while discussing Article-30 of the Federal Legislative List part-I.