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KSE-100: Bears hold sway as Covid-19 fears weigh on sentiments, index lost 208 points
April 13, 2021
Bulls and bears wrestled at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday, as speculation over Covid-19 weighed on market sentiments.
On Monday, the benchmark KSE-100 opened on a positive note and touched intra-day high at 45,267.43 level after gaining 80.95 points. However, paring earlier gains, the index reversed to touch intra-day low at 44,757.31 level after losing 428.14 level.
By the closing bell the benchmark index lost 208.43 points to clock at 44,978.05 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).
KSE-100: Foreign selling weighs down index by 451 points
April 8, 2021
Following a short-lived recovery in the previous session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), the market was in jitters on Wednesday owing to heavy selling pressure by the foreign investors, as benchmark KSE-100 index lost 451.12 points by the closing bell and breached 43,000 level.
Investors once again were in frenzy, as selling pressure in index heavy-weight stocks weighed on sentiments. On Wednesday, the index opened positive, following previous session’s gains, and touched intra-day high at 44,571.91 after it gained 167.91 points. However, reversing the earlier gains, the index entered negative territory and lost 646.65 points to touch intra-day low at 43,758.05 level.
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Oil, gas production continues to fall
Output drops due to depletion of reserves, no big find in a decade
KARACHI:
Pakistan’s oil and gas production has continued to drop due to depletion of existing reserves while exploration firms have frequently failed to find large hydrocarbon deposits to bridge the deficit for over a decade.
The country’s reliance on fuel imports is on the rise, which consumes a significant amount of foreign currency reserves. Demand for oil and gas has grown with a gradual pickup in economic activities, including industrial production and agricultural harvests, following a reduction in Covid-19 cases.