October 08, 2018: Senate Session begins at Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday.
According to agenda, several bills will be introduced in the House, while four resolutions and same number of motions regarding matters of national, international, and public importance are also part of the Senate's business.
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July 3, 2020 (MLN): The Ministry of Industries and Production submitted a proposal to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Friday, which stated that the national inventory for Urea fertilizer would be below the buffer stock level of 200,000 metric tonnes in the months of December 2020 to February 2021.
The ECC took up the proposal and decided that in order to cover this gap and maintain the buffer stocks at the required level, gas at the rate of Rs 756 MMBTU be provided to two shutdown plants at SNGPL networks, namely Agritech and Fatima Fertilizer, for three months w.e.f. July-September.
This would involve the GoP’s share at Rs 959 million much less than the revenue spent previously on using these plants to produce the Urea fertilizer to cover up the shortage.
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July 03, 2020: On Thursday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index inched lower by only 5 points to close at 4,427. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 11.664 billion and the number of lots traded was 13,420.
The major business was contributed by Gold amounting to PKR 7.283 billion, followed by NSDQ 100 (PKR 1.565 billion), Currencies through COTS (PKR 909.368 million), DJ (PKR 647.578 million), Silver (PKR 551.653 million), Crude Oil (PKR 343.368 million), Platinum (PKR 195.629 million), SP500 (PKR 82.982 million), Natural Gas (PKR 54.631 million) and Copper (PKR 29.355 million).
In agriculture commodities, 9 lots of Cotton amounting to PKR 4.707 million and one lot of Wheat amounting to PKR 4.099 million were traded.
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July 3, 2020 (MLN): Domestic equities remained range-bound today, after dithering between red and green zone, ultimately fell into bull’s territory with a gain of just 73 points and closed the week at 35,051 points mark. This was 0.2% higher compared to yesterday’s closing.
Over the week, KSE-100 index gained 1,111 points, translating into a WoW increase of 3.3%, despite the terrorist attack at Pakistan Stock Exchange building.
Potential triggers of this optimism were likely clarity over foreign exchange reserve buffer, muted political noise, and smooth approval of federal budget without much resistance, a report by BMA capital mentioned.
Speaking of today’s session, the Index traded in a range of 186.84 points or 0.53 percent of previous close, showing an intraday high of 35,105.16 and a low of 34,918.32.
Of the 90 traded companies in the KSE100 Index 42 closed up 44 closed down, while 4 remained unchanged. Total volume traded for the index was 108.99 million shares.
Sectors propping up the index were Pharmaceuticals with 34 points, Commercial Banks with 32 points, Fertilizer with 28 points, Technology & Communication with 16 points and Insurance with 7 points.
The most points added to the index was by FFC which contributed 24 points followed by SEARL with 23 points, TRG with 21 points, UBL with 21 points and BAFL with 15 points.
Sector wise, the index was let down by Cement with 33 points, Power Generation & Distribution with 13 points, Oil & Gas Marketing Companies with 13 points, Chemical with 2 points and Sugar & Allied Industries with 2 points.
The most points taken off the index was by LUCK which stripped the index of 16 points followed by HUBC with 12 points, OGDC with 9 points, MCB with 8 points and PSO with 7 points.
All Share Volume decreased by 207.32 Million to 175.76 Million Shares. Market Cap increased by Rs.10.43 Billion.
Total companies traded were 346 compared to 381 from the previous session. Of the scrips traded 155 closed up, 172 closed down while 19 remained unchanged.
Total trades decreased by 54,527 to 67,947.
Value Traded decreased by 5.76 Billion to Rs.6.74 Billion
| Company | Volume |
|---|---|
| TRG Pakistan | 23,306,000 |
| Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd. | 12,745,000 |
| Hum Network | 9,117,500 |
| Worldcall Telecom | 8,769,500 |
| Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd | 8,320,000 |
| Unity Foods | 8,058,500 |
| Maple Leaf Cement Factory | 7,598,000 |
| K-Electric | 7,531,500 |
| The Searle Company | 6,261,400 |
| Pak Elektron | 5,204,500 |
| Sector | Volume |
|---|---|
| Technology & Communication | 51,784,600 |
| Inv. Banks / Inv. Cos. / Securities Cos. | 14,822,900 |
| Cement | 13,871,230 |
| Commercial Banks | 13,113,855 |
| Power Generation & Distribution | 9,606,710 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 9,256,050 |
| Vanaspati & Allied Industries | 8,068,100 |
| Food & Personal Care Products | 7,975,500 |
| Chemical | 7,120,680 |
| Engineering | 6,351,700 |
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July 03, 2020 (MLN): Today, gold witnessed an increase in demand as the price of 24 Karat-Gold rose by Rs 200 to Rs 104,800 per tola in the local market. The valuable yellow metal had closed at Rs 104,600 per tola on the previous trading day.
According to the Karachi Sarafa Association, the price of 10-gram gold also increased by Rs 172 to settle at Rs 89,850 against Rs 89,678 on the last trading day.
On the other hand, the silver prices remained flat at Rs 1,050 per tola. Similarly, 10-gram silver stayed stagnant at Rs 900.20.
In the international market, gold prices inched up by only $1 to $1,775 per ounce while silver was pegged at $18 per ounce.
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