Friday, 25 March 2016

Forex reserves slip to $20.52bln

Pakistan’s adopted barter affluence slipped $197 actor to $20.521 billion in the anniversary concluded March 18, from $20.718 billion in the above-mentioned week, the axial coffer said on Thursday.

The State Coffer of Pakistan (SBP) said its affluence decreased $229 actor to $15.63 billion from $15.859 billion. The SBP attributed the abatement mainly to transaction of $223 actor on annual of alien debt servicing.

The affluence captivated by banks, however, added $32 actor to $4.891 billion as compared to $4.859 billion.

ex ) ie`points, or 0.38 percent, to abutting at 32,801.88 points.

It was the third beeline abrogating session. The accumulative losses of these sessions angle at 278.52 points, or 0.84 percent.

KSE 30-share Basis alone 101.64 points, or 0.53 percent, to end at 19,086.58 points.

Volumes decreased 35 percent to 86.36 actor shares. Trading amount fell 27 percent to Rs4.62 billion. The bazaar capitalisation beneath Rs33 billion to Rs6.78 trillion. Of the absolute 323 alive stocks, 179 bankrupt down, 121 concluded up and 23 remained unchanged.

Oil and Gas Development Company absent two percent. Basis ample Habib Coffer fell 0.81 percent and MCB Coffer bargain 0.95 percent.

“(We) apprehend contempo addled achievement to abide with criterion basis trading in a ambit abreast the accepted levels,” said Ali Raza, an analyst at Elixir Securities.


Topline Securities said balance of banks are accepted to abide beneath burden in 2016 with an accepted abatement in basic assets and reinvestment accident already top acquiescent Pakistan Investment Bonds mature. “We ahead our sample banks to address six percent abatement in balance in 2016 unless banks book aberrant basic gains,” it said in a report.

KASB Securities said the contempo assemblage absent beef afterwards account remained on abundant college ancillary than estimated. “Besides, a stronger dollar aswell contributed appear declines,” the allowance abode said in a report.

As bottomward trend continued, auto stocks, like Pak Suzuki, Honda Cars and Indus Motor beneath amidst 0.5 percent and 1.75 percent.

Raza said a lot of investors were on the sidelines. “Turnover was the everyman in the endure 10 months as alone $32 actor account of shares traded,” Raza said. “Stocks traded in a attenuated ambit as investors tracked chastened bounded markets while rollover anniversary and abridgement of accuracy on adopted flows aswell contributed to a blah session.”

Mehanti added burden remained in scrips beyond the lath amidst apropos for afflictive bread-and-butter abstracts on exports. Weak cyberbanking spreads and falling fertiliser prices played a agitator role in the bearish close. Dewan Motors was the aggregate baton with 7.78 actor shares as it bankrupt at Rs9.89. This was followed by TRG Pakistan with 7.30 actor shares. The allotment amount concluded at Rs27.35. Fatima Fertilizer recorded barter in 4.84 actor shares, as it bankrupt at Rs31.89.

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