March 2, 2015 Pakistan Market: February Review and Outlook After robust returns in January (+7.2%), a clear shift in momentum was seen at the bourse as the KSE-100 Index came off by 2.4%…
February 28, 2015 Pakistan: Developing efficient sugar trading system Pakistan is an agrarian country and one fourth of country’s GDP is contributed by agriculture. Nearly two third of the workforce is also deployed…
February 26, 2015 Pakistan: Thriving Fertilizer Sector Having gained 15.7%CY15TD as compared to 18.9% return in CY14, the Fertilizer sector has clearly attracted investor attention in 2015. This is partly a…
February 22, 2015 Pakistan: Mughal Iron & Steel IPO Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (MISIL) is up for listing at local bourse offering 27.35 million shares (25% of post paid up capital)….
February 9, 2015 Pakistan: Banks Result Forecast Commercial banks in Pakistan follow December closing and results are expected to appear shortly, with first being ABL (Feb 10) and MCB (Feb 12)….
January 1, 2015 Pakistan Market CY14 Review and Outlook Despite a rise in political noise and militant backlash following a major military offensive, the KSE-100 Index rode the wave of macro rerating to…
October 19, 2014 Pakistan’s geopolitical importance The term South Asia commonly refers to seven countries namely: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. These countries are also part…
October 10, 2014 Pakistan: KSE-100 Index rises by 4 percent in September During September’14 the KSE-100 Index was up by 4.0% ending the quarter with a muted gain of 0.25%, the lowest quarterly returns since 4QFY12….
September 23, 2014 Pakistan: OGDC Secondary Offer of Shares As per a notice issued by Karachi Stock Exchange the Government of Pakistan (GoP) plans to sell its holding in Oil and Gas Development…
September 20, 2014 Pakistan: Central Bank Maintains Policy Rate at 10 Percent The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 10.0 percent. The decision was taken by the Central…