karachi - Pakistan stocks closed lower amid political uncertainty after blasts on poll offices.At local equity market benchmark KSE-100 share shed by 94.86 points or 0.50 percent to stop the day at 18,822.85 points compared to 18,917.71 points of the last working day on Friday.Analyst said ...

KARACHI - Downhill spell continued another day at local equity market, benchmark KSE-100 share index misplaced 162.63 points or 0.88 per cent to end the day at 18,361.87 points compared to 18,524.50 points of a day earlier.  Analysts said overall stocks closed lower amid concerns for fall in ...

KARACHI - Stocks closed bearish amid institutional profit-taking in stocks across the board after SBP maintained status quo in policy statement on Friday due to dismal economic data. At local equity market benchmark KSE-100 share index shed by 189.78 points or 1.01 percent to end the day at ...

MULTAN - The district administration has decided to launch another round of crackdown on the owners of illegal cattle sheds in city area. Chairing a meeting here on Saturday, the DCO Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah said that no negligence would be tolerated in operation against cattle sheds, land grabbers ...

MULTAN - The district administration has decided to launch another round of crackdown on the owners of illegal cattle sheds in city area. Chairing a meeting here on Saturday, the DCO Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah said that no negligence would be tolerated in operation against cattle sheds, land grabbers ...

LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday handed over another two departments to the members of the Provincial Assembly, after he entrusted nine ministries from his office to the provincial ministers and advisers last week. In the latest move, the CM has appointed MPA Kh Salman ...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has distributed portfolios of several ministries after being criticized by opposition for holding the portfolios and concentration of power. However, Shahbaz Sharif still holds the health ministry despite severe criticism over the deaths of dozens of patients in ...

KARACHI - Stocks recovered from session lows led by blue chip banks, fertilizers on expectations of strong earning announcements and short covering in selected scrips.At local bourse benchmark KSE-100 index share shed 77.21 points or 0.65 percent to stop the day at 11883.01 points as compare to the ...

LAHORE  – Bearish trend prevailed in Lahore Stock Exchange on Wednesday as it shed 9.73 points, following the LSE-25 index opened with 3133.07 and closed at 3123.34 points.The market's overall situation also did not correspond to an upward trend as it remained at 2.353m shares to close ...

KARACHI - Stocks closed lower at KSE on investor fears on uncertain political outlook ahead of year end corporate announcements. Supreme Court statement on government’s failure to implement NRO verdict affected the sentiment. Market showed intra-day recovery led by blue-chip stocks on higher ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - Panic selling was witnessed in stocks across the board at KSE on Tuesday after reports that leaders of US Senate agreed to freeze $700m in aid to Pakistan. The KSE 100-share index fell by 199.10 points or 1.73 per cent and closed at 11,278.02 points. The same index had ...

LAHORE (APP) - Lahore Stock Exchange shed by 10.46 points on Monday as LSE-25 index opened with 3178.47 and closed at 3168.01 points. The market's overall situation, however, corresponded to an upward trend as it remained at 1.221 million shares to close against previous turnover of 0.942 million ...

KARACHI (Reuters) Shares at Karachi share market ended more than 1.3 per cent lower on Thursday, hit by a global market sell-off and by investors booking profits following a seven-week high the previous day, dealers said. A grim outlook for the U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve and signs of a ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The Karachi stock market edged lower on Tuesday due to investors concerns over decline in global capital markets and foreign outflows from the local bourses. The Karachi Stock Exchanges 100-share index closed 30.43 points lower at 12,364.06 points against previous days ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The local equity market ended nearly flat Friday as investors remained sidelined due to growing uncertainty over countrys political situation. The benchmark KSE-100 index dropped by 11.86 points or 0.09 per cent to close at 12,484.17 points, on record low market turn ...

KARACHI - The local equity market witnessed bearish activity on Thursday amid deep concern showed by market participants about the deteriorating diplomatic relations between US and Pakistan on the issue of the release of US citizen Raymond Davis from Pakistan to the United States of America. ...

KARACHI - The Karachi stock market closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark 100-share index closing at 12,187.47 points with a loss of 111.81 points. Market volumes stood at 89.82 million shares while market capitalization accounted for Rs3, 30027 billion or $38.73 billion. According to ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy shed more jobs than expected in July, the Labor Department said Friday, heightening fears that the worlds largest economy will take years to fully recover from a crippling recession. Some 131,000 jobs were lost and the unemployment rate remained stuck at 9.5 ...

KARACHI - The Karachi stock market ended lower on Thursday because of a fall in international oil prices and political uncertainty. The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) benchmark 100-share index, which opened in the green zone with a gain of 30.60 points, ended 0.25 percent, or 23.74 points, lower at ...

KARACHI - Profit-taking was witnessed at the market on the last day of calendar year as benchmark KSE 100-index declined by 121.03 points or 1.3 percent to close at 9,387 level with volumes of 140 million shares. Moodys report stated a negative medium-term outlook for banking sector, triggered off ...

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 ...

KARACHI - Psychological impact of Dubai debt problems and global financial crisis resulted in bearish activity at the local bourse on Tuesday as KSE 100-index lost 193 points to close at 9,013 levels. Heat from Dubai debacle, although psychological, forced the local bourses to melt with a high ...

KARACHI - Unexciting behaviour of the local equity market continued to hamper investor sentiments and kept them at bay on Wednesday as the KSE 100-index shed 29 points to close at 9,204 levels. Once again merely 20-stocks crossed over the one million share trading volume while only one stock ...

KARACHI - Intense selling forced the local bourse to fall below 9,500 psychological barrier on Monday as the benchmark-100 index shed massive 254 points or 2.64 per cent to close at 9,409 points. Sell-off in Oil and Gas exploration and marketing stocks kept the benchmark under pressure, while ...

KARACHI - Low volumes continued to dominate the business at Karachi Stock Exchange as benchmark-100 index shed another 80.13 points to close at 6,872.96 points on Tuesday. The KSE-100 index witnessed days lowest level of 6,847.16 points while market turnover was very low at 64.401 million shares as ...

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 - Mounting security issues in the country continued to affect sentiments of the investors at the Karachi Stock Exchange and KSE-100 Index shed 140 points on Monday. High tides of uncertainty initially failed to restrict the support fund to re-emerge as a 'support fund. Accumulation in the ...

KARACHI - Nervousness among the investors over certain political and economic issues once again pushed the local bourse towards red-zone as KSE-100-index lost another 239 points on Thursday. Dusty opening kept the prospective buyers on the back foot, despite foreign inflows reported for Wednesday, ...

KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange witnessed panic selling on Wednesday and the KSE-100 Index lost another 260 points, 3.32 percent on Wednesday. Lessen than expected announcement by Pakistan State Oil led to heavy selling in the oil sector. Earlier, a case lodged against a leading bank triggered the ...

KARACHI - Elimination of CFS MK-II invited correction at the Karachi Stock Exchange and the benchmark 100-Index witnessed red numbers, losing 296 points on Wednesday. Since the brokers proposed the decision of elimination, participants favouring elimination successfully averted absolute negative ...