KARACHI: The total inflow of foreign private investment increased by 51 percent growth during first quarter (July-September) of 2019/2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.
The total foreign private investment increased to $565 million during the first quarter of current fiscal year as compared with $374 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The foreign direct investment (FDI) posted nominal decline of 3.1 percent to $542 million during the period under review as compared with $559 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The inflows under FDI were $763 million during July – September 2019, which were 5.4 percent lower when compared with inflows of $806 million in the same period of the last year.
The outflows under FDI were declined by 11 percent to $221 million as compared with $247 million.
The foreign investment in capital market witnessed 112.2 percent increase during the first quarter of current fiscal year.
The portfolio investment recorded $22.7 million inflows during July – September 2019 as against outflows of $185 million in the corresponding period of the last year.
