November 04, 2019: Europe's major stock markets bounded higher in opening deals on Monday in a bright start to the trading week.
London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of major blue-chip companies rose 0.3 percent to 7,325.11 points, compared with Friday's closing level.
In the eurozone, the Paris CAC 40 won 0.6 percent to 5,796.05 points and Frankfurt's DAX 30 added 0.8 percent to 13,062.54.
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June 01, 2020: On Friday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,132, adding 69 points. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 6.768 billion and the number of lots traded was 12,692.
The major business was contributed by Gold amounting to PKR 2.148 billion, followed by Currencies through COTS (PKR 1.917 billion), Crude Oil (PKR 745.386 million), Silver (PKR 601.546 million), NSDQ 100 (PKR 420.535 million), Platinum (PKR 323.187 million), DJ (PKR 304.735 million), SP500 (PKR 154.104 million), Natural Gas (PKR 144.288 million) and Copper (PKR 8.312 million).
In agriculture commodities, two lots of Soybean amounting to PKR 13.694 million, two lots of Wheat amounting to PKR 8.458 million and 8 lots of Cotton amounting to PKR 3.728 million were traded.
June 1, 2020 (MLN): After depicting relatively depressing performances from the past few sessions, the KSE-100 gained some pulse to start the new month, as it accumulated 90 points in today’s session and closed at 34,022 level, i.e. around 0.27% higher than the previous session’s close.
The trading remained range bound throughout the session. The sentiments within the market saw a boost after the PBS released inflation numbers as per which May’20 inflation settled at 8.2% in line with the expectations.
However, according to Aba Ali Habib Securities, the investors remained cautious at this level primarily due to ongoing NCC meeting that will decide fate of lockdown, furthermore, the pre-budget uncertainty drove investors sentiments throughout the trading session.
The Index traded in a range of 241.85 points or 0.71 percent of previous close, showing an intraday high of 34,061.92 and a low of 33,820.07.
Of the 94 traded companies in the KSE100 Index 38 closed up 56 closed down, while 0 remained unchanged. Total volume traded for the index was 124.14 million shares.
Sectors propping up the index were Commercial Banks with 169 points, Oil & Gas Exploration Companies with 52 points, Pharmaceuticals with 6 points, Cable & Electrical Goods with 6 points and Glass & Ceramics with 2 points.
The most points added to the index was by MCB which contributed 56 points followed by UBL with 37 points, OGDC with 35 points, HBL with 27 points and BAHL with 25 points.
Sector wise, the index was let down by Cement with 41 points, Power Generation & Distribution with 20 points, Insurance with 18 points, Inv. Banks / Inv. Cos. / Securities Cos. with 18 points and Food & Personal Care Products with 12 points.
The most points taken off the index was by HUBC which stripped the index of 21 points followed by LUCK with 18 points, DAWH with 14 points, NESTLE with 12 points and MARI with 12 points.
All Share Volume decreased by 34.93 Million to 198.10 Million Shares. Market Cap increased by Rs.8.25 Billion.
Total companies traded were 354 compared to 341 from the previous session. Of the scrips traded 141 closed up, 195 closed down while 18 remained unchanged.
Total trades decreased by 1,883 to 85,647.
Value Traded decreased by 2.93 Billion to Rs.7.26 Billion
| Company | Volume |
|---|---|
| Pak Elektron | 22,743,000 |
| Unity Foods | 14,232,500 |
| Fauji Foods | 11,381,500 |
| TRG Pakistan | 10,321,500 |
| Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd. | 10,260,500 |
| Hascol Petroleum | 8,909,000 |
| Hum Network | 7,408,000 |
| Maple Leaf Cement Factory | 5,963,000 |
| Siddiqsons Tin Plate | 4,668,500 |
| Oil & Gas Development Company | 4,021,658 |
| Sector | Volume |
|---|---|
| Technology & Communication | 24,650,700 |
| Cable & Electrical Goods | 23,508,700 |
| Commercial Banks | 16,761,155 |
| Food & Personal Care Products | 15,514,080 |
| Cement | 15,122,759 |
| Inv. Banks / Inv. Cos. / Securities Cos. | 14,364,500 |
| Vanaspati & Allied Industries | 14,232,500 |
| Oil & Gas Marketing Companies | 13,087,746 |
| Oil & Gas Exploration Companies | 7,342,333 |
| Power Generation & Distribution | 7,295,285 |
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June 01, 2020 (MLN): Pakistani rupee (PKR) depreciated by 98 paisa against US Dollar (USD) in today's interbank session as the currency closed the day's trade at PKR 164.08 per USD, against last session's closing of PKR 163.1 per USD.
Within the Open Market, PKR was traded at 163.00/164.00 per USD.
Meanwhile, the currency lost 2.9 rupees to the Pound Sterling as the day's closing quote stood at PKR 203.66 per GBP, while the previous session closed at PKR 200.75 per GBP.
Similarly, PKR's value weakened by 1.8 rupees against EUR which closed at PKR 182.77 at the interbank today.
On another note, within the money market, the overnight repo rate towards close of the session was 8.20/8.30 percent, whereas the 1 week rate was 8.10/8.25 percent.
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June 1, 2020 (MLN): Atlas Honda Limited has revealed the financial results for the year ended March 31, 2020, as per which, the net profits amounted to Rs. 3.07 billion (EPS: 24.81), nearly 4 percent lower than the figures reported in the last year.
The company also announced a final cash dividend for the year at Rs. 8.5 per share, i.e. 85%. This is in addition to interim dividend already paid at Rs. 6.5 per share i.e. 65%.
According to the financial report released on Monday, the topline income of the company grew by merely 3 percent, whereas the cost of sales surged by around 4 percent. This resulted in a 6.7 percent decline in gross profits.
While the major expense heads of the company, i.e. Sales/Marketing and Administrative depicted insignificant changes over the year, the non-core income showed an increase of 25 percent while non-core expenses fell by 16 percent.
The company received a huge blow in the form of a 119 percent increase in finance costs, owing to an increase in borrowings. The income tax expense, however, fell by 5.2 percent, providing some cushion to the financial wellbeing of the company.
Profit and Loss for the year ended March 31, 2020 ('000 Rupees) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Mar-20 | Mar-19 | % Change | |
Sales | 84,775,972 | 82,412,548 | 2.9% |
Cost of Sales | (78,660,040) | (75,856,677) | 3.7% |
Gross Profit | 6,115,932 | 6,555,871 | -6.7% |
Sales and Marketing Expenses | (1,981,571) | (1,924,062) | 3.0% |
Administrative expenses | (652,273) | (640,209) | 1.9% |
Other income | 1,370,948 | 1,097,636 | 24.9% |
Other operating expenses | (388,968) | (463,793) | -16.1% |
Share of profit of an associate - net of tax | 4,443 | 15,698 | -71.7% |
Profit from operations | 4,468,511 | 4,641,141 | -3.7% |
Finance Cost | (56,718) | (25,818) | 119.7% |
Profit before taxation | 4,411,793 | 4,615,323 | -4.4% |
Taxation | (1,333,393) | (1,406,664) | -5.2% |
Profit after taxation | 3,078,400 | 3,208,659 | -4.1% |
Earnings per share - Rs. | 24.81 | 25.86 | -4.1% |
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June 1, 2020 (MLN): The price of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) has been reduced by Rs. 2 per kg to Rs. 110 rupees per kg.
Similarly, the price for domestic cylinder has been slashed from Rs. 1,332 per 11.8 kg to Rs. 1,298 per 11.8 kg.
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