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KARACHI: The stock exchange gained 399 points on Wednesday owing to positive vibes from ongoing FATF plenary session, analysts said.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 40,574 points as against 40,735 points showing an increase of 399 points.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that the market moved up today by 469 points during the session and closed +399 points.

Trading volumes also improved over the day, which took cue from positive signals from ongoing FATF plenary session, expectation of tamed inflation for the month of February and higher crude oil prices that helped OGDC stage recovery from last week’s levels.

The whole oil chain including E&P, OMCs and Refineries moved inline and showed buying interest from Investors. Similarly, Cement sector also saw buying activity that propped up stock prices, particularly DGKC, which traded near upper circuit.

Cement sector led the trading volumes with 24.1 million shares, followed by Vanaspati (21.6 million) and Technology (15.6 million). Among scrips, UNITY topped with 13.4 million shares, followed by HBL (5.4 million) and PSO (4.6 million).

Sectors contributing to the performance include Banks (+73 points), E&P (+73 points), Cement (+51 points), Fertilizer (+39 points) and Power (+32 points).

Volumes improved from 91.6 million shares to 142.9 million shares (+56 percent DoD). Average traded value also increased by 33 percent to reach US$ 42.2 million as against US$ 31.6 million.

Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include UNITY, HASCOL, DGKC, MLCF and TRG, which formed 38 percent of total volumes.

Stocks that contributed positively include OGDC (+50 points), UBL (+42 points), HUBC (+34 points), MCB (+32 points) and PPL (+22 points). Stocks that contributed negatively include HBL (-32 points), JLICL (-6 points), BAHL (-6 points), INDU (-5 points), and AGP (-4 points).

KARACHI: The stock market ended down by 101 points on Tuesday due to lackluster trading activities.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 40,175 points as against 40,277 points showing a decline of 101 points.

Analysts at Topline Securities said that the market continued with its momentum in terms of lackluster activity.

Index traded sideways making an intraday high of +324 points and intraday low of -211 points to finally close at 40,175 level.

Traded volume declined further to 92 million shares, whereas traded value improved slightly on DoD basis by 11 percent to Rs.4.9 billion.

Unity was volume leader for the second consecutive day of the week, as more than 13 million shares of the company changed hands during the trading activity.

PSO in the oil marketing sector declared its 2QFY20 result in which it posted EPS of Rs.6.19 for the quarter which was largely in line with expectation.

KARACHI: The stock market increased by 34 points on Monday amid dull trading activities.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 40,276 points as against 40,243 points showing an increase of 34 points.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that the market witnessed dull activity today barely trading 100 million shares, even lower than 118 million shares observed on Friday.

E&P, Fertilizer, Cement and OMCs bore selling pressure, and even Banking sector (barring HBL) faced selling pressure.

News related to HBL’s irregularities in New York branch caused panic amongst investors, however, HBL did recover significantly post clarification by Management on the issue.

The Stock, which has financial results due on February 19, traded near upper circuit.

Vanaspati sector ranked top among volume leaders with 16.1 million shares, followed by Cement (15.4 million) and Banks (12 million).

Among scrips, UNITY realized trading volumes of 16.1 million shares, followed by DGKC (9.1 million) and HASCOL (7.9 million).

Sectors contributing to the performance include Banks (+74 points), OMCs (+23 points), E&P (30 points), Power (-29 points), Inv Banks (-13 points).

Volumes declined further from 117.6 million shares to 99.8 million shares (-15 percent DoD).

Average traded value increased by 16 percent to reach US$ 28.4 million as against US$ 24.5 million.

Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include UNITY, DGKC, HASCOL, HBL and PIBTL, which formed 42 percent of total volumes.

Stocks that contributed positively include HBL (+108 points), KAPCO (+16 points), PSO (+15 points), JLICL (+7 points) and COLG (+6 points).

Stocks that contributed negatively include HUBC (-48 points), PPL (-17 points), OGDC (-15 points), MCB (-12 points), and DAWH (-12 points).

KARACHI: The stock market likely to remain range bound during next week owing to political uncertainty and concerns over coronavirus.

KARACHI: The stock market fell by 212 points on Friday as selling pressure observed during the trading.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 40,243 points as against 40,455 points showing a decline of 212 points.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that similar to what was witnessed yesterday. The market opened on a positive note with +139 points and closed the session in red, with -180 points.

During the sessions, the index lost 361 points in total but last hour of trading saw some recovery with PSO showing some life, as the news related to Sukuk II broke.

Overall, selling activity was observed across the board barring few scrips in Banking sector. LOTCHEM announced relatively better results, however, concerns over product margins caused Investors to sell positions.

Despite having two sessions the trading volumes declined significantly over the day. Transport Sector led the volumes on the bourse with 19 million shares, followed by Chemical (15.3 million) and Technology (13.4 million).

Among scrips, PIBTL realized 17.5 million shares, followed by LOTCHEM (13.1 million) and HASCOL (9.1 million).

Sectors contributing to the performance include E&P (-49 points), Tobacco (-38 points), Inv Banks (-31 points), O&GMCs (-28 points), Fertilizer (-23 points) and Banks (+32 points).

Volumes declined from 197.6 million shares to 117.5 million shares (-41 percent DoD). Average traded value declined by 47 percent to reach US$ 24.5 million as against US$ 46 million.

Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include PIBTL, LOTCHEM, HASCOL, AVN and UNITY, which formed 48 percent of total volumes.

Stocks that contributed positively include HBL (+48 points), MCB (+24 points), MEBL (+14 points), IGIHL (+9 points) and NATF (+4 points). Stocks that contributed negatively include PAKT (-38 points), DAWH (-30 points), POL (-20 points), ENGRO (-19 points), and OGDC (-14 points).

KARACHI: The stock market fell by 76 points on Thursday owing to profit taking after the market witnessed massive recovery during past two days.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 40,455 points as against 40,531 points showing a decline of 76 points.

Analysts at Topline Securities said that the market opened on a positive note on the back of media reports that Pakistan and the IMF have concluded the staff level meeting in which they agreed on not having a mini-budget or reduction in the tax collection target. Alternatively, privatization proceeds are expected to fill the gap.

Index gained to make an intraday high of 256 points but lost momentum; trading sideways for most part of the day, with the index closing at 40,455 level (down 0.19 percent).

Traded volume increased by 9 percent on DoD basis to 197 million shares, whereas traded value decreased by 5 percent on DoD basis to Rs.7.1 billion. UNITY was today`s volume leader with 22.3 million shares.

DGKC announced its 2QFY20 result in which it posted EPS of Rs.1.14 on a consolidated basis. Earnings were considerably higher than expectation on account of higher than expected sales and margin for the quarter, as a result the scrip closed 4.5 percent up.

AKBL and FABL announced their 4Q2020 results in which they posted EPS of Rs.2.1 and Rs.1.06 on a consolidated basis respectively; AKBL also announced a final cash dividend of Rs.1.5/share.

KARACHI: The stock market continued to make recovery on Wednesday and gained 817 points on Wednesday owing to reports of IMF affirmation to revise tax collection target downwards.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 40,531 points as against 39,714 points showing a gain of 817 points.

Analysts at Topline Securities said that the market continued its momentum as the index increased by 2 percent during the course of the day to close at 40,531-level.

This rally in market was largely attributed to news of ongoing negotiation between Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revise down revenue target.

Earlier news flows suggested that IMF had agreed to lower revenue collection target to around Rs4.9 trillion (against a previous target of Rs5.2 trillion). The FBR has proposed the target of Rs4.7 trillion, the analysts said.

Traded volume and value increased by 12 percent and 25 percent on DoD basis to 180 million shares and Rs.7.5 billion respectively.

HASCOL was the volume leader for the second consecutive day, as 16mn shares of the OMC changed hands.

MEBL declared its 4Q2020 result announcement in which it posted consolidated EPS of Rs.3.68, along with a final cash dividend of Rs.2/share.

This result announcement was in line with expectation. CHCC in cement sector declared its 2QFY20 result announcement in which it posted LPS of Rs.1.14, this result announcement was better than the street estimate.

Following the result announcement investor interest was witnessed in the cement company, closing 3.30 percent higher.

KARACHI: The stock market gained 418 points on Tuesday as market made recovery of past days losses.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 39,714 points as against 39,296 points showing a make of 418 points.

Analysts at Topline Securities said that the market opened on a positive note in line with regional and international markets, but lost momentum and traded sideways for most part of the day.

However, in eleventh hour aggressive buying was observed by investors, as index gained to close at 39,714 level (up by 1.05 percent).

Late buying was witnessed in the cement sector, as MLCF and PIOC from the sector gained to close on their respective upper circuits.

Investor participation continue to be limited, as traded volume and value for the day stood at 161 million shares and Rs.6 billion respectively.

HASCOL which was today`s volume leader with 12.8 million shares gained to close on its upper circuit.