Tag: Investors

Outflow of foreign investment $56.39 million With trading volumes dropping to record low, the flight of foreign investment from the local equity market has accumulated...

British Petroleum (BP) Chief Executive Bob Dudley's promise of strong long-term growth failed to convince investors concerned about the company's post oil-spill strategy. A...

Resignation of Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Shahid H Kardar is a very serious development which has added to worries of the business...

The stock exchanges of the country are facing bearish trends due to liquidity crunch and political unrest but despite this, the investors and analysts...

Federal Board of Revenue should create awareness among investors about the enforcement of the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) that has badly undermined the trading...

The Maldivian government is promoting low cost tourism facilities to attract budget travelers. Pakistani investors may invest in guest houses and 2-3 stars hotels,...

Benchmark100 witnessed a mild correction after gaining 340 points in the previous three consecutive sessions backed by buoyant investor sentiments. The index closed at...

Investment may flourish again in Japan as value-hunters return to a market that is slowly rebounding after the March earthquake, but only if the...

Sluggish trading activity was witnessed at the local bourse; as the index closed at 12,317, down by 21 points, with 55 million shares traded...

Investors fled from the US stock market and the dollar after employment and manufacturing data signaled that US economic growth may be slowing more...

Value buying in almost all major scrips kept the exchange upbeat, while sector and stocks swapping on strength did restrict gains on the benchmark....

Market participants, including brokers and investors, tend to remain pessimistic about the depleting volumes at Karachi Stocks Exchange (KSE) as the government authorities on...

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday invited the Russian business houses to invest in infrastructure projects in Pakistan, for which equity may be raised...

KARACHI - Negative signals on the part of IMF added to the nervousness of investors compounding anxiety of various economic and financial issues particularly due to various taxation measures being weighed for likely implementation in the upcoming federal budget. Dampened morale was evident in today's trading after foreign investors offloaded investment amounting to $4.4 million in yesterday's session. Locals are wary of the economic outlook and remained cautious as volume shrunk to a

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has stated that the government has created a favorable atmosphere for investment in the province and granting major facilities to investors in this regard. He noted that an autonomous investment board has been set up for facilitating the investors.
He urged the Punjab Investment Board (PIB) that besides encouraging local investors, it should also offer maximum incentives to foreign investors for cooperation in various sectors and

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Saturday urged investors to tap the full potential of tourism inside Pakistan and was blessed with rich potential for almost all types of tourism.
SAARC, Economic Cooperation Organisation and Organisation of theIslamic Conference could serve as appropriate platforms to improve tourism growth by linking member countries through cultural, religious, social, regional, socio- economic and educational ties Islamabad Chamber of

KARACHI - Investors remained cautious as annual inflation clocked in at 13.16 percent in March 2011. The KSE-100 Index closed down 84 points at 11,849 with 75 million shares traded, down 15 percent from yesterday.
The refining sector continued to outperform the market in general on the back of rising GRM's post closure of refining capacities in the aftermath of Tsunami in Japan (World's 3rd largest oil consumer). Foreign Institutional Investors were rumored to be buyers in cement