KARACHI: The equity market rebounded with an increase of 976 points on Monday on the anticipation of new fund injection by mutual funds.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 45,683 points as against last Friday’s close of 44,707 points, showing an increase of 976 points.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that the market made a rebound today with the anticipation of new fund injection by mutual funds, despite the persistent selling witnessed in the past couple of sessions at the behest of rising cases of Corona.

Financial results announced earlier today failed to excite the market, when the index tumbled 317 points earlier in the session.

Aggressive buying was observed in OGDC, PPL and PSO, all of which hit upper circuits during the session although OGDC and PSO closed below the upper circuit. Similarly, buying was observed in HBL and UBL, which helped the index post 1246 points after sustaining loss of 317 points.

Session ended +976 points (unadjusted). Among scrips, TELE topped the volumes with 55 million shares, followed by TRG (53.5 million) and UNITY (26.4 million).

Sectors contributing to the performance include E&P (+239 points), Banks (+177 points), Cement (+99 points), Fertilizer (+87 points) and Pharma (+81 points).

Volumes increased from 240.4 million shares to 409 million shares (+70 percent DoD). Average traded value also increased by 103 percent to reach US$ 155.5 million as against US$ 76.6 million.

Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include TELE, TRG, UNITY, SILK and GGL, which formed 41 percent of total volumes.

Stocks that contributed positively to the index include OGDC (+102 points), PPL (+96 points), HUBC (+78 points), TRG (+60 points) and LUCK (+58 points). Stocks that contributed negatively include PSMC (-9 points), INIL (-8 points), AICL (-6 points), LOTCHEM (-5 points) and KEL (-5 points).

KARACHI: The third wave of coronavirus with high number of cases is remained a key risk for the stock market during next week, analysts said.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that while the NCOC has advised stricter restrictions and shorter work hours, a complete lockdown on a national level has been ruled out.

This will be a sigh of relief for the business community. Albeit the third wave of the novel coronavirus (more lethal than the last two) remained a key risk for the market.

The analysts said that the strong result season appears to be a solid indicator of the economic and corporate recovery.

The benchmark KSE-100 of Pakistan Stock Exchange is currently trading at a PER of 6.7x (2021) compared to Asia Pac regional average of 16.1x while offering a dividend yield of ~7.2 percent versus ~2.6 percent offered by the region.

With a perturbing political situation building up from last weekend (protests and sit-ins by TLP across the country and a series of failed negotiations with the government), the domestic equity bourse displayed adverse momentum at the beginning of the week.

Although slight relief appeared in the form of robust result announcements, it remained short-lived as growing prevalence of COVID-19 infection globally (India made a new high in reported cases; over 332,000 in a single day) and rising local cases, squashed any signs of recovery at the market. While expectations of a wider lockdown to be implemented by the NCOC, also kept investors wary. The KSE-100 index closed at 44,707 points, down by 1.3 percent / 599 points WoW.

Contribution to the downside was led by i) Oil and Gas Exploration Companies (210 points), ii) Cement (78 points), iii) Power generation (93 points), iv) Chemical (79 points), and v) Oil and Gas Marketing Companies (77 points). Whereas sectors that contributed positively include i) Commercial Banks (160 points) amid strong result outcomes, ii) Technology (58 points), and iii) Fertilizer (28 points). Scrip-wise major losers were OGDC (96 points), HUBC (76 points), and PPL (56 points). While top positive contributors were TRG (118 points), ENGRO (77 points), and HBL (60 points).

Foreigners accumulated stocks worth of USD 7.3 million compared to a net sell of USD 0.9 million last week. Major buying was witnessed in Technology and Communication (USD 4.80 million) and Commercial Banks (USD 2.42 million). On the local front, selling was reported by Mutual Fund (USD 7.73 million) followed by Companies (USD 5.35 million). That said, average daily volumes and traded value for the outgoing week were down by 10 percent and 3 percent to 333 million shares and USD 97 million, respectively. 

KARACHI: The equity market fell by 377 points on Thursday owing to rising concerns of investors over fast spread of coronavirus in the third wave.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 44,930 points as against previous day’s closing of 45,306 points, showing a decline of 377 points.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that concern over growing cases of Corona and incidence in major cities thereof kept the investors perturbed the second day as well, where despite healthy earnings posted by companies announced today, the index eventually went down by 424 points. At the close, the index registered a decline of 377 points.

E&P, Cement, Steel scrips contributed the most to the decline, whereas banking sector stocks saw pick up today. Notable scrips declaring results today includes ENGRO and UBL, which made the announcement at the beginning of the session that included dividend declaration, however, selling pressure brought the stock prices down by the end of session. Among scrips, GGL topped the volumes with 36.3 million shares, followed by TRG (30.2 million) and WTL (26.8 million).

Sectors contributing to the performance include E&P (-94 points), Cement (-79 points), Textile (-55 points), Technology (-45 points) and Autos (-34 points).

Volumes declined from 387.9 million shares to 328.9 million shares (-15 percent DoD). Average traded value also declined by 18 percent to reach US$ 103.5 million as against US$ 126.3 million.

Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include GGL, TRG, WTL, UNITY and TELE, which formed 38 percent of total volumes.

Stocks that contributed positively to the index include UBL (+56 points), HBL (+45 points), ENGRO (+27 points), BAFL (+11 points) and BAHL (+8 points). Stocks that contributed negatively include OGDC (-40 points), MCB (-29 points), PPL (-26 points), SYS (-25 points) and LUCK (-20 points).

KARACHI: The stock market ended down by 93 points on Wednesday while trading in a narrow range during the day. The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 45,307 points as against previous day’s closing of 45,400 points, showing a decline of 93 points.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that the market traded in a narrow range today between -174 points and +227 points, closing the session -93 points.

Investors already appeared somewhat despondent of the financial results and indifference of pertinent stocks to those results, NCOC’s hint towards lock down of major cities added fuel to fire.

Selling pressure ensued that brought the index down, eroding the gains earlier made in the session. O&GMCs, E&P, Cement and Steel sector stocks bore the brunt and waning investor confidence had its bearing on technology stocks as well.

Among volume leaders, TRG led the table with 46.7 million shares, followed by WTL (42.8 million) and UNITY (37.5 million).

Sectors contributing to the performance include Technology (+72 points), Banks (+59 points), Fertilizer (+18 points), Cement (76 points), E&P (-45 points), and Engineering (-24 points).

Volumes increased from 343.2 million shares to 387.9 million shares (+13 percent DoD). Average traded value also increased by 36 percent to reach US$ 126.5 million as against US$ 92.8 million.

Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include TRG, WTL, UNITY, GGL and TELE, which formed 45 percent of total volumes.

Stocks that contributed positively to the index include TRG (+88 points), ENGRO (+37 points), NBP (+22 points), KTML (+18 points) and EFERT (+13 points). Stocks that contributed negatively include LUCK (-28 points), FFC (-22 points), POL (-18 points), OGDC (-16 points) and ISL (-15 points).

KARACHI: The stock market gained 486 points on Tuesday on health corporate results, analysts said. The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 45,400 points from last day’s closing of 44,914 points, showing an increase of 486 points.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that the market went up by 645 points during the session and closed the session +459 points on account of a host of corporate result announcements scheduled for today.

Although the results of key companies posted healthy growth, the pertinent stock prices did not respond in the same fashion.

Among the key results announced at the bourse today were HBL, ISL, ASL, MEBL however, the price performance remained muted. ASL on the other hand went down post announcement due to selling pressure.

Govt.’s resolution of the law and order situation regarding TLP somewhat allayed Investors fear. Technology stocks, particular TELE and TRG helped change the sentiment tide early on, when TRG announced material information regarding one of its subsidiaries, which resulted in the scrip showing bids at upper circuit in the pre-open session. Among scrips, WTL led the table with 56.6 million shares, followed by UNITY (30.6 million) and GGL (24.6 million).

Sectors contributing to the performance include Technology (+121 points), Banks (+78 points), Cement (+37 points), Fertilizer (+35 points) and Textile (+26 points).

Volumes dipped from 363 million shares to 343.3 million shares (-6 percent DoD). Average traded value however, increased by 10 percent to reach US$ 92.9 million as against US$ 84 million.

Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include WTL, UNITY, GGL, TRG and TELE, which formed 42 percent of total volumes.

Stocks that contributed positively to the index include TRG (+124 points), HBL (+36 points), UNITY (+25 points), LUCK (+21 points) and COLG (+20 points). Stocks that contributed negatively include MARI (-12 points), EPCL (-11 points), MCB (-7 points), POL (-6 points) and NRL (-3 points).

The equity market experienced a significant downturn on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closing at 44,914 points, marking a decline of 392 points from the previous close of 45,306 points.