karachi - After 11 consecutive bullish sessions, the Karachi stock market witnessed some profit taking on Thursday. At local equity market, the benchmark KSE 100-share index shed 150.09 points or 0.73 per cent to end the day at 20416.60 points compared to 20566.69 points of the day earlier.  ...

Quetta - At least 34 people were killed and hundreds of other wounded in a devastating earthquake that hit different parts of Balochistan on Tuesday destroying as many as 1,500 mud-houses.Mashkhail, an area close to Iran border, was badly hit by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Tremors jolted various ...

KARACHI - Bears griped stocks at KSE on Tuesday amid profit-taking in scrips across the board on concerns over deteriorating law & order situation in the city. The benchmark KSE 100-share index shed 47.90 points or 0.27 per cent to close the day at 17817.71 points as compared to 17865.61 ...

KARACHI - Stocks closed lower on Monday amid profit taking in overbought market. Uncertainty over policy rate announcements, uncertain outcome of ongoing NRO implementation case hearings and concerns for security situation in the country played a catalyst role in bearish sentiments, a stock analyst ...

KARACHI – The Karachi stock market extended losses on Thursday due to security concerns in the city, rising political noise and uncertainty over Pak-US relations on progress over NATO supplies.At the Karachi Stock Exchange, the bench mark KSE 100-share index shed 95.90 points or 0.68 percent ...

LAHORE - Bears continued to tighten their grip as incessant foreign selling during the outgoing week forced the index to tumble to 16-week low. Though the market was below the psychological level of 11,000, yet to institutional buying at lower levels inched up the market to close at 11,028 ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani stocks ended lower on Wednesday as investors booked profits at higher levels after the market closed on a two-month high the previous day, dealers said. The KSE benchmark 100-share index fell 0.55 per cent, or 65.11 points, to end at 11,868.17 on turnover of 82.64 ...

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KARACHI - The post major earnings announcement session saw bears returning to the stock market on investors concerns for fiscal position and difficult economic decisions as the government met IMF team to discuss release of next tranche for Pakistans economic support, despite continuing foreign ...

LAHORE (Agencies) - Heavy monsoon downpour continued to lash Punjab Wednesday, as at least 24 people, including seven children, lost their lives in various rain-related incidents. The deaths occurred due to electrocution, house collapses, traffic accidents and floods in Lahore, Sialkot, Noorpur ...

KARACHI Quetta Bears Nasrullah hit a masterly 104 but his century went in vain when the visitors lost the third round match of the RBS National One Day Cricket Cup match to host Karachi Dolphins by narrow four-run margin Sunday here at the Rashid Latif Cricket Academy ground in Korangi. Karachi ...

KARACHI - The benchmark KSE 100-index traded in the negative zone for most of the day with low participation on the back of bomb blast in the Muharram procession yesterday. The KSE 100-index opened in red zone with a loss of 103.17 points and at the end of the day closed at 9410.66 with a loss of ...

KARACHI - The local bourse remained range-bound on Wednesday after bullish session yesterday as benchmark KSE 100-index closed at 9,303 level with 30 points down. A major investor concern remained the disbursement of IMFs fourth tranche which is to be decided upon later today, while stock picking ...

KARACHI - The stock market witnesses bearish activity on Friday as security situation in the country worsened after the Rawalpindi blast, while the 100-index shed 87 points and closed at 9,009 levels. Investors at the market remained concerned over prevailing political uncertainty, said leading ...

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KARACHI - Low volume and lack of interest from investors turned the stock market towards bearish spell as KSE-100 index shed another 85 points on Tuesday. The excitement related to the budget and rumors related to imposition of tax on brokerage services impacted the market sentiments. Despite ...

KARACHI - NWFP Panthers preferring to bat second on a slowing wicket succeeded in outwitting Balochistan Bears by six wickets in a low scoring match of the RBS Pentangular Cup here at the National Stadium on Saturday. Unlike Friday when consistent drizzle, an overcast sky and wet outfield washed ...

LAHORE - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) skidded low the same value, yesterday it gained, as the KSE benchmark100 index witnessing a nominal decline of 3.18 points closed at 9,183 points on Wednesday. The KSE-100 bench mark opened today morning in the negative column and remained under pressure ...

KARACHI- Karachi Stock Exchange for eighth day in a row remained bearish and shed another eight points due to economic weaknesses, deteriorating law and order situation and cut in Pakistan's rating. However, the benchmark KSE-100 index opened on Wednesday in green zone with positive 0.65 points ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Miniscule eight-legged invertebrate creatures known as "water bears" can survive the vacuum and radiation of space, according to research published Tuesday in a US journal. It was the first time that an animal has been tested for survival under open-space conditions, the ...

KARACHI - Karachi Stock Market could not sustain the sharp recovery seen a day earlier and KSE-100 index on Thursday fell 269 points amid regulatory changes in the margins of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and cut down of refineries deemed duty. Market opened on positive note but the cap on OMCs ...

Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) in the persistent grip of atrocious bears and finding no rescue and relief measures from the apathetic authorities seems losing all hopes and giving themselves away to their mercy, which today at the very onset saw the 100-index bled away by over 400 points to peg at ...

Bearish sentiment was reinforced at Karachi Stock Exchange on Monday as security concerns rose on the back of a suicide attack that killed 21 in Islamabad last night.KSE 100-Index shed 83 points to close at 11,878.Investors remained sidelined over the past few trading sessions after violence ...