Market Indicators

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR

EXCHANGE RATES
Currency	activity	Friday 29-Dec	Friday 5-Jan	Friday 12-Jan	Friday 19-Jan	Friday 26-Jan	Friday 2-Feb
DOLLAR	Buying	110.8	111.45	112.2	112	112.15	111.8
	Selling	111.1	111.75	112.5	112.3	112.45	112.1
POUND	Buying	147	149	150.75	154.75	159	159
	Selling	148.75	150.75	152.5	156.5	160.75	160.75
EURO	Buying	130.5	132.75	134	136.5	138.75	139.25
	Selling	131.7	133.95	135.2	137.7	139.95	140.45
CANADIAN $	Buying	86.5	87.75	88.5	89.5	90.5	91
	Selling	87.35	88.6	89.35	90.35	91.35	91.85
JAP YEN	Buying	0.96	0.96	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.99
	Selling	0.99	0.99	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.02
HK $	Buying	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05
	Selling	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3
SINGAPORE $	Buying	81.5	82.5	83.5	84	85	84.5
	Selling	82.3	83.3	84.3	84.8	85.8	85.3
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT	Buying	26.95	27.5	27.7	27.95	27.95	28.2
	Selling	27.3	27.85	28.05	28.3	28.3	28.55
UAE DIRHAM	Buying	30	30.1	30.4	30.45	30.5	30.45
	Selling	30.25	30.35	30.65	30.7	30.75	30.7
SAUDI RIYAL	Buying	29.2	29.3	29.7	29.75	29.85	29.7
	Selling	29.4	29.5	29.9	29.95	30.05	29.9
KUWAITI DINAR	Buying	364.5	364	365.5	366.5	366.5	367.5
	Selling	367	366.5	368	369	369	370

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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-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
Friday-19 Jan	22,392.36	44,178.83	9,093.02	WorldCall Telecom	13	209	378	271	92	15
Friday-26 Jan	22,434.13	44,551.13	9,217.77	K-Electric	39.2	271	375	149	179	29
Friday-2 Feb	22,152.05	44,301.20	9,171.45	Lotte Chemical	49.3	284.37	375	219	131	25

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATOR

COMMODITY
	UNITS	PRICES THIS WEEK	PRICES LAST WEEK
CRUDE OIL	Barrel	65.75	65.43
HEATING OIL	Gallon	208.61	211.3
NATURAL GAS	MMBtu	2.89	3.46
COCOA	Ton	2,020.00	1,960.00
COFFEE ‘C’	lbs	120.65	123.65
CORN	bu	361.25	355.75
COTTON	lbs	78.47	81.82
SUGAR #11	lbs	13.51	13.24
WHEAT FUTURE	CBT	449.25	436.75
COPPER	lbs	320.7	321.6
GOLD	Oz	1,348.20	1,357.40
SILVER	Troy ounce	17.11	17.43
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude	65.66	65.42
Dated Brent	68.41	69.32
WTI Cushing	65.71	63.66
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub	3.13	5.46
Henry Hub	3.13	5.46
New York City Gate	5.11	5.11

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HOUSEHOLD INCOME OR CONSUMPTION BY PERCENTAGE SHARE – HIGHEST 10% 2017 COUNTRY RANKS
1	Comoros	55.2
2	South Africa	51.7
3	Haiti	47.7
4	Zambia	47.4
5	Angola	44.7
6	Rwanda	43.2
7	Brazil	42.9
8	Chile	42.8
9	Guatemala	42.4
9	Honduras	42.4
9	Russia	42.4
10	Colombia	42
10	Namibia	42
11	Nicaragua	41.8
12	Paraguay	41.1
13	Cabo Verde	40.6
14	Papua New Guinea	40.5
15	Zimbabwe	40.4
16	Taiwan	40.3
17	Panama	40.1
17	Swaziland	40.1
18	Costa Rica	39.5
18	Sri Lanka	39.5
52	India	31.1
86	Pakistan	25.6

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

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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-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
Friday-19 Jan	26,017.81	6,811.38	2,798.03	7,721.62	13,400.63	5,517.50	23,808.06	32,254.89	35,511.58
Friday-26 Jan	26,392.79	7,411.16	2,839.25	7,615.84	13,298.36	5,481.21	23,631.88	33,189.02	36,050.44
Friday-2 Feb	26,186.71	7,385.86	2,821.98	7,472.34	12,839.99	5,388.68	23,274.53	32,601.78	35,066.75