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).