The
100 index exhibited signs of uncertainty in today’s session as it managed to
close with a meager increase/decrease of points in a range bound day amid
listless trading. Investors may have taken a back seat in the wake of
uncertainties arising due to the ongoing investigations the Panama leaks
coupled with recent clash at LoC while heightened speed of recent foreign
outflow could be a direct consequence of strengthening USD and fears of
subsequent PKR devaluation. Dull activity witnessed across the board, At close,
the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE 100-share Index plunged by 86.86
points or 0.20%, to end at 42,324.94 levels. Relatively
Slow activity witnessed in the market as turnover settled at 490 million shares
as compared to 496 million shares in the last trading session. Shares of 396
companies were traded; at the end of the day 165 stocks closed higher, 218
declined, while 13 remained unchanged. The value of shares traded during the
day was at recorded the level of PKR 7.01 billion decreased by 27%.
Volatility
Prevailed in capital market; major activity witnessed in Engineering,
Commercial Banks and Power Generation sector. In Engineering sector, DSLR, PECO
remain in the red zone throughout the session and depreciated their value by
2.90%, 1.63%, while DSL improve their value and up by 3.67%. In Commercial
Banks Sector, BOP, HBL drop their value by 2.33%, 1.18%, while SMBL appreciated
their value by 1.99%.Moreover in Power Generation sector, JPGL & AEL up
by 2.15%, 6.56%, while KEL depreciated their value by 0.66%.
Active
list was topped by DSLR with 63 million shares as it closed at PKR 5.03 with a
negative change of PKR 0.13.JPGL was the second highest on the volume chart
with 46 million shares closed at PKR 6.66 with a positive change of PKR 0.12.
It was followed by PIAA with 45 million shares closed at PKR 12.14 with a positive
change of PKR 0.51, BOP with 26 million shares closed at PKR 18.89 with a negative
change of PKR 0.54.
Today
major trading activities were recorded in Engineering Sector as it was traded
above 88 million shares followed by Commercial Banks sector which recorded the
volume of 75 million shares whereas Power Generation & Distribution sparked
at 3rd place by trading above 53 million shares.
Highest
increase was recorded in the shares of Wyeth Pak Ltd, which rose by PKR 195.82
to PKR 4112.37 per share; followed by Philip Morris Pak, that improved by PKR
95.98 to PKR 2016.00 per share. Major decline was witnessed in the shares of
Colgate Palmolive, which fell by PKR 40.00 to PKR 1600.00 per share; followed
by Indus Motor Co, dropped by PKR 23.38 to PKR 1516.07 per share.
Factors
for Today:
·
Turkish
businessmen urged to invest in CPEC projects
·
FTA
with Turkey by next year: Prime Minister
·
Oil
prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism
·
PARC
approves 16 projects worth Rs1.2bn
·
Reserves
fall by $58m
Factors
to watch:
·
International
Oil prices.
·
PKR
vs US$ movement.
·
Results
Seasons.
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