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PSX begins week on negative note, loses over 200 points

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2 years ago

Farwa

Market closes at 41,348.19 points with a loss of 282.16 points.
Benckmark KSE-100 witnesses under-pressure session due to concerns over mounting inflation.
Shares of 303 companies were traded during session.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) started the week on a negative note as the bulls staged a comeback and the market closed with a loss of 200 points on Monday.

The market opened in the green but soon witnessed profit-taking.

At close, the benchmark KSE-100 index closed at 41,348.19 points with a loss of 282.16 points or 0.68%.

Benchmark KSE-100 index intra-day trading curve. — PSX data portal

A report from Arif Habib Limited noted that the benchmark KSE-100 index witnessed an under-pressure session due to concerns over mounting inflation and an expected rate hike in the upcoming monetary policy.

The volumes remained dry on the main board although decent volumes were witnessed in the third-tier stocks.

The sectors contributing to the performance include fertiliser (-72.6 points), cement (-60.8 points), exploration and production(-33.2 points), automobile assembler (-18.9 points) and pharmaceuticals (-12.9 points).

Shares of 303 companies were traded during the session. At the close of trading, 88 scrips closed in the green, 197 in the red, and 18 remained unchanged.

Overall trading volumes dropped to 86.6 million shares compared with Friday’s tally of 154.03 million. The value of shares traded during the day was Rs3.04 billion.

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited was the volume leader with 12.47 million shares traded, gaining Rs0.93 to close at Rs36.40. It was followed by Agritech Limited with 8.03 million shares traded, gaining Rs0.20 to close at Rs6.74 and Pakistan Refinery Limited with 4.83 million shares traded, losing Rs0.56 to close at Rs16.91.

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Pakistan’s gold prices continue to decline.

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18 hours ago

Farwa

The price of ten grams of 24 carat gold dropped by Rs 1,201 to Rs 205,418 from Rs 206,619, while the price of ten grams of 22 carat gold dropped to Rs 188,300 from Rs 189,400, according to the All Sindh Sarafa Jewellers Association.

Silver, priced at Rs. 2,620 per tola and Rs. 2,254.80 per ten grams, stayed at that level. As reported by the organization, the price of gold dropped by $11 on the global market, to $2,297 from $2,308.

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Price of LPG “slashed” by Rs. 20 per kilogram

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18 hours ago

Farwa

Sources claim that LPG rates have been lowered by Rs 20, making the cost per kilogram drop from Rs 280 to Rs 260.

It is noteworthy to remark that the costs of LPG were reduced by Rs 20 per kilogram earlier, resulting in a total reduction of Rs 40 per kilogram within a few weeks.

The price of liquefied petroleum gas for the month of May 2024 was lowered by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on April 30.

The LPG tariffs were lowered by Rs 11.88 to Rs 238.46 per kilogram in accordance with the OGRA’s notice. On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, the new rates will go into effect.

In April of last year, the price per kilogram of LPG was Rs 250.34. pricing reduction of Rs 140.18 has resulted in a new pricing for home LPG cylinders set for May 2024 of Rs 2813.85.

The OGRA reported a drop in liquefied petroleum gas pricing in April. The price of LPG is now Rs 250.34 per kg instead of Rs 256.78 due to a reduction of Rs 6.44 per kg.

The price of the household cylinder was fixed at Rs 2954.03 for the month of April, down from Rs 3030.12, a decrease of Rs 76.9.

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ADB delegation stops by FBR headquarters

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18 hours ago

Farwa

Senior Director ADB Tariq Niazi oversaw the expedition, which also involved Sana Masood, Farzana Noshab, and Senior Public Sector Management Specialist Laisiasa Tora. The meeting included presentations from economists as well, according to an FBR press release.

The officers focused on structural and policy adjustments as they discussed the Domestic Resource Mobilization Program’s implementation at the meeting.

$300 million was given to the Pakistani government by ADB in December 2023 as a result of the hard work and dedication of FBR. Better laws, regulations, and institutional capability for the FBR were established by Sub-Program I.

With the $300 million in funding provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the Government of Pakistan in December 2023, the delegation conveyed satisfaction with the program’s effective launch.

The FBR also underlined how crucial digitization is to recording the economy and boosting productivity in a sustainable way.

In order to promote the Government of Pakistan’s Digital Tax Administration Project, both parties decided to look into measures to improve their cooperation.