Foreign investors’ investment in local markets falls by 46% during the week

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MG News | July 20, 2020 at 07:42 PM GMT+05:00

July 20, 2020 (MLN): Foreign investors purchased Rs.11.1 billion worth of securities during the week ended July 3, 2020, which is nearly 45.9 percent lower than the prior week.

According to a weekly report on Specially Convertible Rupee Accounts (SCRA) released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the gross sale of securities during the week was recorded at Rs.10.7 billion, which is around 23.5 percent lower than the figures recorded last week.

Consequently, the net purchase of securities for the week clocked in at Rs.477.68 million, i.e. around Rs.6.15 billion lower than last week's numbers.

Over the week, the overall purchase of securities declined by Rs.9.43 billion while the net sale of securities tumbled by Rs.3.28 billion.

Apart from this, the inflow of remittance into these accounts stood at Rs.5.55 billion, while its outflow has been reported at Rs.4.28 billion.

The closing balance of SCRA was recorded at Rs.30.76 billion, which marks a rise of Rs.840.14 million over the week.

 

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