Kse-100: Stocks post meager gains on lack of triggers
April 17, 2021
Bulls or Bears, stocks accommodated none at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday, as lack of triggers kept investors sentiments in check, in a choppy trade.
On Friday, the benchmark kse-100 opened on a positive note and touched intra-day high at 45,471.35 level after gaining 241.17 points. However, selling pressure emerged by midday, which wiped off most of the gains. But, nevertheless, the index crawled up in the positive zone as by the closing bell the benchmark index gained 75.45 points to clock at 45,305.63 level.
During the session the market witnessed lack of investor interest, but higher expectations in upcoming financial results in key sectors was the sole reason which lent support to the bourse and aided its uptrend.
KSE-100: Stocks stay flat amid absence of triggers
April 14, 2021
Stocks failed to figure out a direction on Tuesday, as absence of triggers and Covid-19 fears continue to weigh on market sentiments.
On Tuesday, the benchmark KSE-100 opened on a positive note and touched intra-day high at 45,133.41 level after gaining 155.36 points. However, paring earlier gains, the index reversed its trajectory and touched intra-day low at 44,780.06 level after losing 197.99 level.
By the closing bell the benchmark index gained, merely 70.52 points to clock at 45,048.57 level.
During the session the market cheered strong inflows from overseas Pakistani in the form of remittances which exceeded $2 billion for the10th consecutive month in March and clocked at $2.7 billion – up 43 per cent from a year earlier, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
Daily Times
April 7, 2021
Following an abysmal performance in the previous session, bulls staged a comeback at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday, as benchmark KSE-100 index gained 856 points by the closing bell to clock at 44,404.70 level.
Tuesday’s strong performance followed series of trading sessions where Investors struggled to gain a firm foothold, ever since the benchmark KSE-100 index slipped from the recent high of 47,000 points, owing to rising Covid-19 infection cases that resulted in fresh rounds of lockdown.
On Tuesday, technology sector which took the major beating in the previous sessions, was the top performer, flowing PM Imran Khan’s intentions to promote the sector by giving several incentives in the outgoing year. The PM on Monday said the establishment of Special Technology Zones (STZs) would ensure promotion of information technology in the country and directed finalization of a time-line based strategy in this regard.
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KSE-100: Stocks inch up as investors struggle for direction
April 1, 2021
Investors continue to struggle for a direction at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), as benchmark KSE-100 hardly changed after moving both ways with trade drying up on Covid-19 worries. On Wednesday, the benchmark KSE-100 gained 96.82 points by the closing bell to clock at 44,587.85 level.
Following Monday’s blood bath market participants have been treading cautiously as pessimism over the economic situation and renewed lockdown restrictions continued selling pressure at the bourse.
On Wednesday, the index opened on a positive note as investors cheered the government’s announcement, that it successfully sold $2.5 billion worth of Eurobonds to foreign investors. Analysts claimed that Pakistan’s dollar-denominated Eurobonds have been oversubscribed almost two times after receiving raving response to attractive interest rates from foreign investors, and expect the country to raise additional $2 to $2.5 billi