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European stocks reverse course to trade lower as virus worries mount

Travel, bank, and mining stocks lead declines
Defensives real estate and utilities rise
Atos slumps after earnings forecast cut

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Asian stocks adrift as vaccine rally falters

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat. WASHINGTON: Asian stocks struggled to e

Updated 20 May, 2020 12:00pm

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KSE-100: the year of consolidation?

In a way, the calendar 2019 was much like 2017 for the benchmark index Pakistan Stock Exchange. In both years, the marke

Published 16 Jan, 2020 05:45am

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KSE100- profitability round up

There is economic slowdown – especially in the quarter ending Sep-19; but seeing the profitability of KSE100 companies,

Updated 19 Nov, 2019 06:03am

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PSX: Even bulls needs to chill out

“With PML-N chief likely going out of the country, Moulana’s march may end being a damp squib. But no one knows that

Updated 19 Nov, 2019 10:46am

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PSX bulls marched out by Moulana?

With the benchmark index Pakistan Stock Exchange finally taking a pause yesterday, has the inevitable happened? That’s t

Updated 13 Nov, 2019 11:52am

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KSE-100: getting ready for take-off

Relatively stable exchange rate? Check! Improvements in current account gap? Check! Green shoots in select listed se

Updated 08 Oct, 2019 07:19am

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KSE-100: a September to remember

A crucial week begins for Pakistan’s equities. Today, the monetary policy is expected to be announced. Tomorrow, the IMF

Updated 16 Sep, 2019 07:01am

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Reading KSE-100

Following yesterday’s sharp gain of 797 points at Pakistan Stock Exchange, investors have begun to wonder whether the mo

Updated 20 Aug, 2019 07:00am

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Bears’ last mile or two!

Another bad day at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was yesterday. The benchmark index hit a fresh low in intra-day trade –

Published 06 Aug, 2019 05:40am

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Bears’ last run?

What does Pakistan’s economy stand to lose if the country’s stock exchange is shut down and few restaurants or a sports

Updated 30 Jul, 2019 10:03am

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PSX: bear spell or existential angst

Equity prices at Pakistan Stock Exchange have been depressing for a long time now. Last week was no different. Trading v

Published 15 Jul, 2019 06:46am

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Are stocks facing Buridan’s Ass paradox?

A crucial week was expected for equities at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) last week. Market action during the week d

Updated 08 Jul, 2019 07:36am

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A crucial week for PSX equities

At price-to-earning ratio of 6.8x and dividend yield of 8 percent compared to average regional P/E of 14.7x and dividend

Published 01 Jul, 2019 06:44am

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Stocks rebound: a helium-balloon?

What a week! The stock market had been gradually going down since late May 2017, losing about 23 percent by late-July 20

Published 27 May, 2019 05:33am

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Has KSE-100 found its bottom?

The benchmark Pakistan Stock Exchange swung wildly yesterday. In early trade, the KSE-100 had hit its 52-week low of 32,

Published 21 May, 2019 07:18am

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KSE-100: heads I win, tails you lose

The more things change, the more they stay the same. At the stock market too, status-quo has won; change has lost. The g

Published 20 May, 2019 06:11am

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Game of nerves at PSX: the last episode?

With Islamabad finally reaching an agreement with the IMF, there were many brimming with hope Monday morning that the KS

Published 14 May, 2019 05:04am

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Stocks: in hopes of quantum healing

Last week’s BR Research coverage on Pakistan’s stock market noted that while Baron Rothschild is famously known to have

Updated 08 May, 2019 08:39am

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Pakistan’s equities: precariously cheap

Third time’s charm! When the benchmark Pakistan Stock Exchange hit a new intra-day low of 36,136 points last week (23-Ap

Published 30 Apr, 2019 05:31am

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Does the stock market need a bail out?

The stock market people are at it again: they want a bail-out. Channel checks suggest that the bears have become all too

Updated 09 Apr, 2019 06:18am

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Gradually, then suddenly!

“Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening”. Stocks is not what the rock and roll band, Queen, had in mind in when

Published 03 Apr, 2019 06:12am

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The price of uncertainty

The behaviour at Pakistan Stock Exchange these days is a classic manifestation of uncertainty. Since its 2018-high of ne

Published 25 Mar, 2019 06:29am

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Interloop: knocks the socks off!

The much awaited public offering of Interloop Limited, the world’s leading socks maker and exporter, yielded a strike pr

Published 19 Mar, 2019 06:18am

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Are stock punters playing ostrich?

When billions of dollars of investment promises made by Saudi Arabia, and the recovery in January 2019’s current account

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 08:02pm

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PSX: caution back in control?

If events in the outgoing week have not been able to boost investor sentiments, then what will? Billions of dollars of i

Published 25 Feb, 2019 05:58am

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Game of nerves: the plot thickens

Another ‘mini budget’ is expected to be announced by the federal government this week, and stock brokers are going gaga

Updated 15 Jul, 2020 05:16pm

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A game of nerves

There is a reason why stock market punters snort that white stuff, the stuff that inspired Seal’s epic rendition Kiss fr

Updated 15 Oct, 2018 07:23am

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Sentiment management

There is bloodbath in the stock market; nothing is going right. The reserves are falling down, global markets are not co

Published 09 Oct, 2018 07:03am

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Still no ‘Naya Pakistan’ at the PSX

The only thing growing at Pakistan Stock Exchange these days is boredom in trading pits. Traders have little done to kee

Published 06 Sep, 2018 06:24am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 25 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	4.25 ▲ 0.39 (10.10%)
KASB Modaraba / Mar 25 KASB Modaraba(KASBM)	1.25 ▲ 0.11 (9.65%)
Khyber Tex. / Mar 25 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	297.60 ▲ 20.76 (7.50%)
Shield Corp. / Mar 25 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	244.99 ▲ 17.09 (7.50%)
Sapphire Fibres / Mar 25 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	1026.39 ▲ 71.60 (7.50%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Mar 25 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	83.72 ▲ 5.84 (7.50%)
Khairpur / Mar 25 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	57.38 ▲ 4.00 (7.49%)
Pakistan Services / Mar 25 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1277 ▲ 89.00 (7.49%)
Shahtaj Textile / Mar 25 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	84.22 ▲ 5.87 (7.49%)
Shakarganj / Mar 25 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	33.50 ▲ 2.33 (7.48%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Mar 25 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.22 ▼ -0.29 (-11.55%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Mar 25 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	7.88 ▼ -1.00 (-11.26%)
HBL Invest Fund / Mar 25 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	1.55 ▼ -0.15 (-8.82%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 25 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	10.55 ▼ -1.00 (-8.66%)
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Mar 25 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	2.41 ▼ -0.21 (-8.02%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Mar 25 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	2.22 ▼ -0.18 (-7.50%)
Gadoon Textile / Mar 25 Gadoon Textile Mills Limited(GADT)	193.33 ▼ -15.67 (-7.50%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 25 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	471.75 ▼ -38.25 (-7.50%)
Quetta Textile / Mar 25 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	15.67 ▼ -1.27 (-7.50%)
Masood Textile / Mar 25 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	41.42 ▼ -3.33 (-7.44%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Cement / Mar 25 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	17,487,500 ▼ -0.23
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,071,860 ▼ -0.02
Thatta Cement / Mar 25 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	9,211,500 ▼ -0.16
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 25 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	7,792,084 ▼ -0.14
Ghani Glo Hol / Mar 25 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	5,968,150 ▼ -0.59
Telecard Limited / Mar 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	5,558,000 ▼ -0.52
Hascol Petrol / Mar 25 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	4,387,500 ▼ -0.11
Meezan Bank / Mar 25 Meezan Bank Limited(MEBL)	3,700,308 ▼ -0.27
Cnergyico PK / Mar 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	3,587,106 ▼ -0.06
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 25 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	3,522,701 ▼ -0.31

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World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 22	285.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 22	283.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 24	130.73
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 24	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 24	1.22
Euro to USD / Mar 24	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 22	4.56

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 24	3970.99
India Sensex / Mar 24	57527.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 24	27385.25
Nasdaq / Mar 24	11823.96
Hang Seng / Mar 24	19915.68
FTSE 100 / Mar 24	7405.45
Dow Jones / Mar 24	32237.53
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 24	14957.23
France CAC40 / Mar 24	7015.10

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 21	19235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 22	175068
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 24	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 24	1978.21
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 24	76.54

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