Midday Update: Pakistan Stock Exchange in ‘Free Fall’

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MG News | October 03, 2017 at 11:58 AM GMT+05:00

Pakistan Stock Exchange has lost more than 700 points during last two hours as investors see the legal proceedings against the ex-PM and Finance Minister with caution.

Of the 85 companies traded, 79 are down, 5 are up.

KSE-100 trading down 1.77% at 41274.54 points, losing 758 points.

Cement Sector -160, Fertilizers -100 and Commercial Banks are down -97 points at the moment. Cement Stock have taken the worst hit; Bestway Cement BWCL closing on lower lock at -5.00%, Maple Leaf Cement MLCF -4.99% and Lucky Cement LUCK at-3.65%.

In the Fertilizer sector; Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim FFBL -3.35%, Fauji Fertiziler FFC -2.65% and Fatima Fertilizer FATIMA -2.82% have been the worst hit. 

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Name Price/Vol %Chg/NChg
KSE100 175,379.87
492.78M
1.96%
3366.38
ALLSHR 105,023.93
996.99M
1.82%
1874.96
KSE30 51,596.07
292.99M
1.93%
977.56
KMI30 251,232.44
189.35M
1.96%
4834.26
KMIALLSHR 67,826.54
525.89M
1.78%
1187.47
BKTi 48,333.80
98.79M
2.56%
1207.30
OGTi 34,809.01
9.82M
1.19%
408.89
Symbol Bid/Ask High/Low
Name Last High/Low Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES 76,270.00 81,185.00
75,645.00
-4065.00
-5.06%
BRENT CRUDE 98.19 98.29
93.44
3.57
3.77%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY 127.25 127.25
127.00
1.15
0.91%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY 136.50 138.65
136.50
-1.80
-1.30%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN 1,182.50 1,182.50
1,182.50
0.00
0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI 90.55 90.99
86.65
2.43
2.76%
SUGAR #11 WORLD 18.60 18.87
18.35
0.13
0.70%

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