Market Indicators

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR

EXCHANGE RATES
Currency	Activity	Friday 8-Dec	Friday 15-Dec	Friday 22-Dec	Friday 29-Dec	Friday 5-Jan	Friday 12-Jan
DOLLAR	Buying	107.5	110.3	110.25	110.8	111.45	112.2
	Selling	107.8	110.6	110.55	111.1	111.75	112.5
POUND	Buying	144.25	146	145.5	147	149	150.75
	Selling	146	147.75	147.25	148.75	150.75	152.5
EURO	Buying	126	128	129.25	130.5	132.75	134
	Selling	127.2	129.2	130.45	131.7	133.95	135.2
CANADIAN $	Buying	84	84.7	84.25	86.5	87.75	88.5
	Selling	84.85	85.55	85.1	87.35	88.6	89.35
JAP YEN	Buying	0.91	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.98
	Selling	0.94	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	1.01
HK $	Buying	13.4	13.95	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05
	Selling	13.65	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3
SINGAPORE $	Buying	79.25	80.25	80.75	81.5	82.5	83.5
	Selling	80.05	81.05	81.55	82.3	83.3	84.3
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT	Buying	25.45	26.7	26.95	26.95	27.5	27.7
	Selling	25.8	27.05	27.3	27.3	27.85	28.05
UAE DIRHAM	Buying	29.2	29.8	29.9	30	30.1	30.4
	Selling	29.45	30.05	30.15	30.25	30.35	30.65
SAUDI RIYAL	Buying	28.5	28.9	29.05	29.2	29.3	29.7
	Selling	28.7	29.1	29.25	29.4	29.5	29.9
KUWAITI DINAR	Buying	347	358	364.5	364.5	364	365.5
	Selling	349.5	360.5	367	367	366.5	368

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KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE
Date	30 Share Index	100 Share Index	Market Capitalization (Rs. in billion)	Volume Leader	Leader Volume (Million Shares)	Total Volume (Million shares)	Active	Plus	Minus	Unchanged
Friday-8 Dec	19,490.71	39,080.00	8,320.60	WorldCall Telecom	16.5	149.52	364	160	185	19
Friday-15 Dec	19,280.20	38,645.90	8,242.43	TRG Pakistan	17.9	139.76	349	222	98	29
Friday-22 Dec	19,778.59	39,470.89	8,359.80	Dewan Salman	17.1	222.99	377	289	74	14
Friday-29 Dec	20,215.67	40,471.48	8,570.92	PTCL	25.4	240.96	365	173	178	14
Friday-5 Jan	21,457.95	42,523.99	8,887.77	Bank of Punjab	18	260.94	388	282	86	20
Friday-12 Jan	21,671.01	42,933.72	8,905.09	TRG Pakistan	26	238.67	368	80	276	12

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATOR

COMMODITY
	UNITS	PRICES THIS WEEK	PRICES LAST WEEK
Crude oil	Barrel	63.45	61.4
Heating oil	Gallon	207.81	205.68
Natural gas	MMBtu	3.09	2.81
Cocoa	Ton	1,933.00	1,881.00
Coffee ‘c’	lbs	122.9	128.35
Corn	bu	349.5	352
Cotton	lbs	84.3	79.37
Sugar #11	lbs	14.17	15.18
Wheat future	CBT	434	432.5
Copper	lbs	323	324.25
Gold	Oz	1,332.50	1,319.20
Silver	Troy ounce	17.16	17.22
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude	63.38	61.39
Dated Brent	68.48	66.65
WTI Cushing	61.73	60.37
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub	6.24	2.75
Henry Hub	6.24	2.75
New York City Gate	5.11	5.11

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PUBLIC DEBT (% OF GDP) 2017 COUNTRY RANKS
1	Japan	234.7% of GDP
2	Greece	181.6% of GDP
3	Lebanon	161.5% of GDP
4	Italy	132.5% of GDP
5	Jamaica	130.1% of GDP
6	Portugal	126.2% of GDP
7	Eritrea	119.8% of GDP
8	Cabo Verde	116.8% of GDP
9	Singapore	110.5% of GDP
10	Grenada	110% of GDP
11	Barbados	108.9% of GDP
12	Belgium	106.7% of GDP
13	Cyprus	104.6% of GDP
14	Mozambique	100.3% of GDP
15	Spain	99.6% of GDP
16	Canada	98.8% of GDP
17	France	96.5% of GDP
18	Egypt	92.6% of GDP
19	Puerto Rico	92.5% of GDP
20	Yemen	92.2% of GDP
20	United Kingdom	92.2% of GDP
21	Jordan	90.6% of GDP
22	Sao Tome and Principe	89.5% of GDP
62	Pakistan	58.5% of GDP
76	India	52.3% of GDP

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INFLATION RATE (CONSUMER PRICES)(%) 2017 COUNTRY RANKS
1	Venezuela	545.90%
2	South Sudan	476%
3	Syria	47.70%
4	Argentina	42.80%
5	Suriname	39%
6	Yemen	31.50%
7	Angola	26.90%
8	Malawi	23.50%
9	Zambia	20.70%
10	Ghana	17.80%
11	Sudan	17.60%
12	Mozambique	17.10%
13	Nigeria	15.30%
14	Kazakhstan	14.60%
15	Belarus	14%
16	Ukraine	13.50%
17	Libya	13%
18	Haiti	12.40%
19	Egypt	12.10%
20	Eritrea	11.80%
21	Uzbekistan	11.50%
22	Azerbaijan	11.30%
23	Turkmenistan	11%
42	India	5.60%
54	Pakistan	3.70%

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WORLD STOCK EXCHANGES
DAY	DJIA index	NASDAQ index	S&P index	FTSE index	DAX index	CAC-40 index	Nikkei index	H.Seng index	Sensex index
Friday-8 Dec	24,211.48	6,812.84	2,636.98	7,337.54	13,185.24	5,417.85	22,811.08	28,639.85	33,238.94
Friday-15 Dec	24,508.66	6,856.53	2,652.01	7,456.55	13,032.78	5,332.59	22,553.22	28,848.11	33,462.97
Friday-22 Dec	24,754.06	6,465.17	2,683.34	7,592.66	13,072.79	5,364.72	22,902.76	29,578.01	33,940.30
Friday-29 Dec	24,837.51	6,441.42	2,687.54	7,622.88	12,979.94	5,339.42	22,801.47	29,966.26	34,002.20
Friday-5 Jan	25,075.13	7,077.91	2,723.99	7,716.45	13,309.90	5,457.48	23,714.53	30,814.64	34,153.85
Friday-12 Jan	25,574.73	7,211.78	2,767.56	7,781.44	13,237.17	5,506.76	23,653.82	31,412.54	34,592.39