July 13, 2018 Impact of rising commodity prices on Pakistan economy The total liquid foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan increased to US$16,798 million on 14th June 2018. The positive surprise was that the reserves held…
August 6, 2016 Pakistan Market set to breach 40,000 level The week ended August 05 2016 was a volatile week as the benchmark PSX‐100 Index declined marginally to 39,390 levels. The decline was initially…
June 25, 2016 Pakistan market remains under Brexit hype To begin with it may be true that the local equity market remained under pressure due to Brexit, which was an overreaction. The decision…
April 16, 2016 Pakistan market closes week on bearish note During the week ended 15th April benchmark of Pakistan Stock Exchange, PSX-100 Index lost its winning streak in the last two sessions. The market closed…
April 10, 2016 State Bank of Pakistan keeps interest rate unchanged State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) chose to keep policy rate unchanged and the announcement came through a Press Release. The announcement was disappointing because…
February 15, 2016 Is Pakistan inching towards default? On Monday early morning I read a rather disturbing news posted by Bloomberg regarding Pakistan’s debt profile http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-14/pakistan-default-risk-surges-as-50-billion-debt-bill-coming-due. It raised questions about ability of…
October 5, 2015 Cement dispatches decline in September in Pakistan The aggregate cement dispatches in Sep’15 decline to 2.9 million tons from 3.2 million tons in Sep’14, a fall of 8% YoY. The decline…
September 13, 2015 Pakistan Stock Market Review During the week ended 11th September Pakistan stock market also remained under pressure due to volatile regional markets. The added concerns were enforcement of…
August 1, 2015 Pakistan Stock Market Review Pakistan Stock Market Review 310715After resumption of normal trading post Eid holidays, benchmark KSE-100 index closed at 35,742 level, posting a marginal decline during…