Futures spread narrows 97bps

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s futures market recorded a sharp contraction in the cost of carry during the latest week, with the futures spread narrowing by 97 basis points to 7.04 percent from 8.01 percent, even as trading activity in the derivatives segment surged significantly, according to the PSX weekly snapshot.

Data showed that average daily traded volume (ADTO) in the futures market jumped to 534.36 million shares, compared to 219.92 million shares in the previous week, reflecting a week-on-week increase of 143.0 percent. In value terms, average daily traded value in futures rose sharply to Rs34.48 billion, up from Rs13.77 billion, marking a 150.4 percent increase over the week.

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