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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

Published 12 Jul, 2021 01:53pm

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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

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No ‘Naya Pakistan’ at the bourse

Soon after the General Elections 2018, the rupee recovered against the US dollar. Some enthusiasts called it the ‘Naya P

Published 15 Aug, 2018 06:53am

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KSE-100: how long will jitters last?

If AKD Securities’ calculations are any guide, Pakistan’s stock market valuations are rock solid. EPS growth is estimate

Updated 24 Jul, 2018 10:12am

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Master Group’s first ever public listing

The Master Group is all set to have Pakistan’s first ever listing of a wind power plant on the local bourse. And as far

Published 12 Jun, 2018 06:31am

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Spring-clean at the PSX

At the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) spring-cleaning has begun. A few months after a host of employees in the IT departm

Published 06 Mar, 2018 06:44am

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AGPL: little excitement

Caught up in market turmoil, the two corporate IPOs last year – Roshan Packages and Ittefaq Iron Industries – didn’t liv

Published 13 Feb, 2018 07:28am

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What next for Pakistan’s stocks?

The benchmark Pakistan Stock Exchange has swerved sharply north from its multi-month low it hit in December 2017. It pos

Published 08 Feb, 2018 07:19am

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Politics; key for KSE-100

Nay year calls for new strategies. And most leading brokerage houses have come out with what are known as “strategy repo

Published 05 Jan, 2018 07:39am

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PSX: A year (not) to forget

The KSE-100 index saw its worst annual returns since 2008. On the other hand, it was the best year for Asian markets sin

Published 01 Jan, 2018 08:21am

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Brokerage houses and the SECP

It has been a rough ride for local stock market investors over the past six months. Having recently touched a 17-month l

Published 29 Dec, 2017 06:57am

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RIP equities!

Say a little prayer for the stocks, and for those who were blinded by the euphoria and invested in the record-high-makin

Updated 21 Dec, 2017 10:42am

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Dull dealings at PSX

Long term CPEC plan signed. Check. Zero load shedding. Check. Inflation in check. Check. Dollars successfully raised fro

Published 08 Dec, 2017 07:49am

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PSX’s year of fear

When they are not playing Ludo, they are killing flies. What else there is to do at the Pakistan Stock Exchange these da

Updated 30 Nov, 2017 02:57pm

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No surprises at the PSX

At the PSX, the story hasn’t changed. At the start of this month, this column said it expected the benchmark index to ex

Updated 20 Nov, 2017 08:14am

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PSX: Relief, but no rally

Yay! Foreign investors were finally back at the Pakistan Stock Exchange last week. They poured in a grand total of $27 m

Published 18 Sep, 2017 07:06am

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Camel at the PSX

The benchmark PSX index seems to be slowly inching towards 39000 points. The gains posted on the first day after Eid mad

Updated 07 Sep, 2017 11:15am

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Is it the ‘end of uncertainty’ at the PSX?

Pakistan’s stock market seems to be responding positively to the ousting of Nawaz Sharif from PM office. Not only did it

Updated 02 Aug, 2017 07:14am

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Where now for PSX?

Judgment has now been reserved in the Panama case. The KSE-100 index has slid 7 percent since the Supreme Court orde

Published 24 Jul, 2017 06:59am

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PSX searching for certainty

Having witnessed a record single day dip in terms of points and multi month high in terms of percentage, the KSE-100

Updated 13 Jul, 2017 09:46am

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PSX FY17: a tale of two halves

End of June wrapped up a very interesting financial year for the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The benchmark KSE-100 index po

Updated 03 Jul, 2017 10:44am

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PSX: theme for the bottom

At Pakistan Stock Exchange, valuations are great; mood is quite the contrary. The market has tanked sharply since it

Updated 29 Jun, 2017 10:33am

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PSX: Amended financing product introduced

The SECP and NCCPL last week made some changes to the margin financing product, which went live on Monday. The new c

Published 20 Jun, 2017 05:56am

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On TFCs in Pakistan

Already low, the issuance of term finance certificates (TFCs) has become associated mostly with banks in Pakistan. S

Published 19 Jun, 2017 05:28am

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The PSX bloodbath

What exactly do they mean when they say the market has a mind of its own? Is it another way of saying that no one re

Updated 14 Jun, 2017 07:33am

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PSX: slipping on political noise again

Ever since the initiation of panama-gate case hearings, the stock market has been feeling the brunt of it. The inves

Published 13 Jun, 2017 05:45am

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Mutual Funds performance review – May 2017

The month of May was action-packed especially for the equity market. At the start of the month, the market saw the c

Published 06 Jun, 2017 04:07am

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Budget: tax heavy for equity investors

The federal budget 2017-2018 announced by the finance minister Ishaq Dar has turned out be an anti-climax for the st

Updated 29 May, 2017 05:01am

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Capital market: development still missing

Pakistan capital market, especially the stock market has been the talk of the town over the past one year. The bench

Published 26 May, 2017 04:22am

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The greenback under pressure

Last year when Donald Trump got elected, the markets around the world after a brief sell-off tried to adjust itself

Published 23 May, 2017 04:42am

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PSX: dazed and confused

On 16th May (2am PST), MSCI announced the much awaited re-classification of its various indexes where stocks from Pa

Published 18 May, 2017 05:11am

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PSX: prepping for emerging market

The demons seem to have settled down and its show-time at the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The much awaited emerging mar

Published 12 May, 2017 05:27am

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IPO: Ittefaq Iron Industries

Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited (IISL) will today be undergoing the book building process for what is only the secon

Published 10 May, 2017 03:04am

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Need to deepen capital markets

Capital markets are the back bone of an economy and it provides the necessary tools for growth. A well-developed cap

Published 08 May, 2017 04:48am

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PSX: jumping the gun

Investors in any industry or country do not appreciate uncertainty. Lack of clarity on political issues and policies

Published 20 Apr, 2017 06:11am

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PSX: Respite for investors

Since the start of February, the benchmark KSE-100 index has been range-bound. While a breather was required but no

Updated 13 Apr, 2017 04:26am

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Mutual Funds performance review: March 2017

The month of March was a slow month for the stock market. Both volume and value traded were down about 30 percent co

Published 05 Apr, 2017 05:51am

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Snooze-fest in the market

The stock market is in doldrums and the animal spirits seem to have subsided for now. After a huge run up from November

Updated 24 Mar, 2017 09:33am

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PSX: clouds of uncertainty

Since the start of February, the stock market has gone into a limbo.

Published 27 Feb, 2017 05:31am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 9	278.57
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 9	278.37
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 10	160.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 10	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 10	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 10	1.15
SOFR % / Jun 10	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 9	7,386.65
Nasdaq / Jun 9	25,678.82
Dow Jones / Jun 9	50,872.11
India Sensex / Jun 10	74,322.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 10	64,166.71
Hang Seng / Jun 10	24,292.95
FTSE 100 / Jun 10	10,250.38
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 10	24,501.24
France CAC40 / Jun 10	8,216.19

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 10	88.87
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 10	378,170
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 10	4,174.27
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 10	75.60
Petrol/Litre / Jun 11	377.78
Diesel/Litre / Jun 11	380.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 10 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	10.67 ▲ 1 (10.34%)
J.A.Textile / Jun 10 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	26.25 ▲ 2.39 (10.02%)
Burshane LPG / Jun 10 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	62.55 ▲ 5.69 (10.01%)
Inter.Steel Ltd / Jun 10 International Steels Limited(ISL)	85.65 ▲ 7.79 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jun 10 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	31.55 ▲ 2.87 (10.01%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 10 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	23.63 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Cherat Packaging / Jun 10 Cherat Packaging Limited(CPPL)	92.09 ▲ 8.37 (10%)
IBL HealthCare / Jun 10 IBL HealthCare Limited(IBLHL)	54.25 ▲ 4.93 (10%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 10 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	122.68 ▲ 11.15 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Jun 10 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	20.35 ▲ 1.85 (10%)

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jun 10 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.35 ▼ -0.85 (-10.37%)
Idrees Tex. / Jun 10 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	57.68 ▼ -6.41 (-10%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jun 10 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	10.94 ▼ -1.21 (-9.96%)
Shams Textile / Jun 10 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	40.31 ▼ -3.14 (-7.23%)
Haseeb Waqas / Jun 10 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	17.85 ▼ -1.29 (-6.74%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jun 10 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	380.07 ▼ -25.94 (-6.39%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 10 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	11.50 ▼ -0.73 (-5.97%)
Quantum Data Tech. / Jun 10 Quantum Data Technologies Limited(QTECH)	32.20 ▼ -2.03 (-5.93%)
Security Investment Bank / Jun 10 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.20 ▼ -0.44 (-5.76%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 10 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	21.70 ▼ -1.31 (-5.69%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jun 10 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	63,737,085 ▲ 0.09
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 10 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	40,626,361 ▲ 0.32
Telecard Limited / Jun 10 Telecard Limited(TELE)	40,238,477 ▲ 0.12
Loads Limited / Jun 10 Loads Limited(LOADS)	33,866,305 ▲ 0.68
Oilboy Energy / Jun 10 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	30,153,254 ▲ 1.85
Amreli Steels / Jun 10 Amreli Steels Limited(ASTL)	27,013,807 ▲ 0.61
Agha Steel Ind. / Jun 10 Agha Steel Ind.Ltd(AGHA)	21,875,782 ▲ 0.29
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,604,281 ▼ -0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Jun 10 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	20,436,423 ▲ 0.01
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 10 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	18,815,133 ▼ -0.02

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