Tag: Points

Local market stage strong comeback with 278 point gain

Taking the lead from recovering regional and international commodities and equities, the oversold local equities staged a strong come-back, wherein the index heavy weight...

Frontline stocks under pressure as KSE loses 63 points

Declining regional and international equities, unprecedented sell-off by the offshore participants, absence of buyers on intervals amid prolonged stagnation and declining volume on improved...

KSE recovers a mere 2 points

With local political uncertainty abound, government entered an internal tussle due to which the market opened on a negative note, but recovered later in...

KSE sheds 52 points amid low trading volumes

With MQM calling for a day of mourning on account of the massive bloodshed haunting the port city since last week, local bourse reduced...

India points finger at US over protests

A spokesman for India’s ruling party has suggested the United States might have a role in the wave of anti-corruption protests posing a growing...

KSE loses 728 points in 4 sessions

Benchmark100 has lost 782 points (6.4 per cent) in the last four sessions as prolong bearish spell continues. Local bourse suffered heavily due to...

Karachi Stock Exchange down by 167 points

Panic was witnessed today at KSE due to continuous selling by off-shore investors on rising concerns over US credit rating outlook and the political...

KSE shed nearly 200 points

A negative trend set by Engro dominated the bourse, both on financial and fundamental infra-structural issues, duly followed by a sell-off in high priced...

Bourse listless, loses 15 points

The bourse witnessed a dry spell with volumes shrunk substantially compared to recent trading sessions. The post-budget scenario turned out to be lackluster. There...

London 2012 to grant ranking points

Ranking points will be awarded at the London Olympics tennis tournament to ensure the highest number of top players take part in an event...

KSE strengthens to 12,000 points

The KSE-100 index continued its bullish trend on the back of continuous FII flows, despite a tense geo-political situation post the US assault on...

Lackluster KSE goes below 12,000 points

The local bourse, amidst wary sentiment, was unable to sustain the 12,000 level as market capitalisation shrunk by 0.66 percent. Investors’ participation remained uninspiring...

Euro zone inflation rises, points to higher ECB rates

Euro zone inflation rose further above the European Central Bank's target in April, increasing the chances of an interest rate rise in June, despite...

PPP points out violations of rules in house count

KARACHI - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sindh's Head of the Census Monitoring Committee Taj Haider has expressed concern over the widespread reports of irregularities in the house count phase of the census.
"Details including the name of the head of the family, his identity card number, profession and number of children in the household that is required to be entered on Form 1 with ballpoint pens are being written on plain sheets with pencils. There are also numerous complaints

Army, KESC, NBP, ASM grab full points

LAHORE - NBP, ASM, Army and KESC returned from the arena as winners as four more matches were decided in the 21st National Bank Football Cup at two venues of the Faisalabad on Saturday.
WAPDA underwent 0-1 defeat at the hands of Bahawalpur's Ashraf Sugar Mills (ASM) who managed their first ever win in the event after three straight defeat last year at Multan. They managed to strike the lone goal of the Group-A match in the time given for injury. The clock was showing 90+2 when

KSE jittery, fails to reach 12,000 points

KARACHI - Investors seemed skeptical about the benchmark index performance; hence average daily volumes remained at lower levels of 73 million shares in contrast with the current average daily volume of 118 million shares.
The current market return has again dipped, standing at negative one percent. The month's first week exhibited range bound behavior, as the index moved within a band of merely 181 points on both sides. With little upside required to breach the 12,000 level,

Promotion-bound QPR move nine points clear

LONDON - Championship leaders Queens Park Rangers took another huge step towards promotion to the Premier League with a 3-0 win over struggling Sheffield United on Monday.
Two Wayne Routledge goals either side of Alejandro Faurlin's strike secured another victory for Neil Warnock's side who are now nine points clear of Norwich at the top of the Championship with Cardiff 13 points behind the leaders in third.
And if results elsewhere go their way QPR could be celebrating