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State giants lift tumbling stocks!

As PTI and PAT marches kept the risk-averse investors at bay, analysts say that the state-owned institutions are all set to “support” the stocks market for at least the next one week-till the curtain falls on this political standoff.

KSE-100 index down by 300 points

Following a crash by 666 points on Monday, the market showed somewhat recovery on Tuesday but it was seen going down again under continued pressure of political uncertainty as the KSE-100 index went zooming down by over 300 points to peg below 29,400 points during trading

KSE posts record close amid shrinking volume

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) regained momentum on Wednesday after a day of profit-taking, but overall market participation remained on the lower side as...

KSE closes lower on Tuesday

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index closed lower on Tuesday having 30402.09 shares with a negative change of 11.14 and volume of 110,622,980...

KSE at record high as oil, banking stakes lure foreign investors

KARACHI The Karachi Stocks Market peaked to another all-time high on Wednesday on the back of, what equity analysts believe, renewed interest the offshore...

Pakistan trade deficit falls to $7.743 billion

Pakistan's trade deficit fell by 5.52 per cent for the first five months of the fiscal year 2013/14. Pakistan's trade deficit to $7.743 billion fell...

Corporate profits down 3pc in FY13

Rejuvenated by change of guard in the political set-up, the KSE-100 provided return of 52 percent, 44 percent in US dollar terms in the...

Money laundering via equity markets: A skeleton in regulators’ closet

The regulators have finalised some out-of-the-box regulatory measures to effectively deal with money laundering that, the local and international detractors claim, is still being...

KSE stays bullish on strong valuations in blue-chip stocks

The bull-run prevailed on the Karachi stocks market Wednesday as selected blue-chip stocks kept investors' interest in hold on strong valuations. The primary catalyst for...

Power sector outperformed KSE with 60pc returns in FY13

The country's power sector outperformed the Karachi stocks market (KSE-100) by 11 percent in FY13, generating a return of 60 percent compared to 49...

Bulls dominate KSE on politico-economic positives

The Karachi stocks market remained bullish Friday on the back of politico-economic positives, prominently the approval of IMF's $6.64 billion three-year Extended Fund Facility...

Demutualised KSE finally gets CRO

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has finally appointed Shafqat Ali as KSE chief regulatory officer (CRO) in line with the Corporatisation, Demutualisation and Integration...

Indexes move in opposite directions at oversold KSE

Having tumbled by concerns for an upward revision in the policy rate by the State Bank a day earlier, the Karachi equity market on...

KSE stays bearish due to likely tight monetary policy

The Karachi stocks market on Thursday remained bearish on the back of what the equity analyst viewed the investors’ concern for a possible upward...

KSE dips 390 points, foreign investors remain on sidelines

Stocks shed 390 points, or 1.63 per cent, to close at 22,701 points on Monday, with the Karachi Stock Exchange continuing its downward trend...

KSE initiates internal audit probe into years-old scam

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is nowadays abuzz with rumours that the top management of the country’s largest bourse in 2008 had embezzled at...

OPIC portfolio in Pakistan surges to $299m in 3 years

The portfolio of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation’s (OPIC) financial support to Pakistan rose exponentially in the last three years from $80 million to...