Market Indicators

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR

EXCHANGE RATES
Currency	activity	Friday 23-Feb	Friday 2-Mar	Friday 9-Mar	Friday 16-Mar	Friday 23-Mar	Friday 30-Mar
DOLLAR	Buying	111.65	111.95	111.85	111.5	115.5	115.9
	Selling	111.95	112.25	112.15	111.8	117.2	116.2
POUND	Buying	154.6	154	153.25	154.5	160	161
	Selling	156.35	155.75	155	156.25	161.75	162.75
EURO	Buying	136.6	137	136.75	136.5	140	141
	Selling	137.8	138.2	137.95	137.7	141.2	142.2
CANADIAN $	Buying	88.35	87	86.5	86	87.75	88.8
	Selling	89.2	87.85	87.35	86.85	88.6	89.65
JAP YEN	Buying	1.01	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.08	1.01
	Selling	1.04	1.05	1.05	1.05	1.11	1.04
HK $	Buying	14.05	14	14.05	14	14.7	14.65
	Selling	14.3	14.25	14.3	14.25	14.95	14.9
SINGAPORE $	Buying	83.8	84	83.75	83.9	86	86.7
	Selling	84.6	84.8	84.55	84.7	86.8	87.5
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT	Buying	28.1	28.05	28.15	28.05	29.45	29.75
	Selling	28.45	28.4	28.5	28.4	29.8	30.1
UAE DIRHAM	Buying	30.3	30.45	30.25	30.25	31	31.45
	Selling	30.55	30.7	30.5	30.5	31.25	31.7
SAUDI RIYAL	Buying	29.65	29.8	29.5	29.55	30.25	30.7
	Selling	29.85	30	29.7	29.75	30.45	30.9
KUWAITI DINAR	Buying	367	366	366.5	366	382	383
	Selling	369.5	368.5	369	368.5	384.5	385.5

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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-23 Feb	21,734.43	43,267.20	8,987.96	Dost Steel	27.5	244.5	366	95	246	25
Friday-2 Mar	22,059.24	43,740.49	9,110.26	Dost Steel	19.08	229.93	371	202	153	16
Friday-9 Mar	21,611.01	43,011.27	8,989.48	Azgard Nine	23.3	139.89	360	92	241	27
Friday-16 Mar	21,550.69	43,363.21	9,064.82	Pak Elektron	16.4	193.39	363	132	219	12
Thurs-22 Mar	22,569.60	45,030.22	9,261.01	TRG Pakistan	22.3	228.44	393	202	171	20
Friday-30 Mar	22,801.34	45,560.30	9,370.58	K-Electric	50.5	230.33	374	152	206	16

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATOR

WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude	64.91	65.74
Dated Brent	68.81	64.82
WTI Cushing	65.49	62.01
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub	2.63	2.62
Henry Hub	2.63	2.62
New York City Gate	3.93	3.93

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COMMODITY
	UNITS	PRICES THIS WEEK	PRICES LAST WEEK
CRUDE OIL	Barrel	64.91	65.88
HEATING OIL	Gallon	202.56	201.84
NATURAL GAS	MMBtu	2.73	2.59
COCOA	Ton	2,556.00	2,615.00
COFFEE ‘C’	lbs	118.15	117.2
CORN	bu	387.75	377.25
COTTON	lbs	81.46	81.83
SUGAR #11	lbs	12.35	12.57
WHEAT FUTURE	CBT	451	460.25
COPPER	lbs	302.3	299.3
GOLD	Oz	1,329.60	1,355.70
SILVER	Troy ounce	16.34	16.58
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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Market value of publicly traded shares 2018 Country Ranks
Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	World	$66.79 trillion	31-Dec-15
2	United States	$25.07 trillion	31-Dec-15
3	China	$7.321 trillion	31-Dec-16
4	European Union	$7.185 trillion	31-Dec-14
5	Japan	$4.895 trillion	31-Dec-15
6	Hong Kong	$3.185 trillion	31-Dec-15
7	United Kingdom	$3.019 trillion	31-Dec-12
8	Germany	$1.716 trillion	31-Dec-15
9	Canada	$1.593 trillion	31-Dec-15
10	France	$1.591 trillion	31-Mar-17
11	Switzerland	$1.519 trillion	31-Dec-15
12	India	$1.516 trillion	31-Dec-15
13	Korea, South	$1.305 trillion	31-Dec-16
14	Australia	$1.187 trillion	31-Dec-15
15	Taiwan	$851.2 billion	31-Dec-16
16	Spain	$787.2 billion	31-Dec-15
17	South Africa	$735.9 billion	31-Dec-15
18	Singapore	$654.8 billion	31-Dec-16
19	Netherlands	$652.7 billion	31-Dec-15
20	Russia	$635.9 billion	31-Dec-16
21	Italy	$587.3 billion	31-Dec-14
22	Sweden	$560.5 billion	31-Dec-12
23	Brazil	$490.5 billion	31-Dec-15
24	Indonesia	$428.2 billion	31-Dec-16
57	Pakistan	$43.68 billion	31-Dec-12

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Public debt (% of GPD) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Japan	223.8% of GDP	2017
2	Greece	180% of GDP	2017
3	Lebanon	142.2% of GDP	2017
4	Yemen	135.5% of GDP	2017
5	Italy	131.2% of GDP	2017
6	Portugal	127.7% of GDP	2017
7	Cabo Verde	127% of GDP	2017
8	Mozambique	119.4% of GDP	2017
9	Jamaica	117.8% of GDP	2017
10	Gambia, The	116.1% of GDP	2016
11	Singapore	114.6% of GDP	2017
12	Eritrea	113.7% of GDP	2017
13	Barbados	108.3% of GDP	2017
14	Cyprus	104.5% of GDP	2017
15	Egypt	104.4% of GDP	2017
16	Belgium	104.3% of GDP	2017
17	Mauritania	99.6% of GDP	2016
18	Canada	98.2% of GDP	2017
19	Spain	96.7% of GDP	2017
20	France	96.1% of GDP	2017
21	Bhutan	93.7% of GDP	2017
22	Antigua and Barbuda	92.7% of GDP	2016
23	Congo, Republic Of The	92.2% of GDP	2017
24	Puerto Rico	91.6% of GDP	2016
25	Mongolia	91.4% of GDP	2017

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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-23 Feb	25,309.99	7,337.39	2,747.30	7,244.41	12,483.79	5,317.37	21,892.78	31,267.17	34,142.15
Friday-2 Mar	24,538.06	7,257.87	2,691.25	7,069.90	11,913.71	5,136.58	21,181.64	30,583.45	34,046.94
Friday-9 Mar	24,895.21	7,427.95	2,738.97	7,199.32	12,294.79	5,248.73	21,469.20	30,996.21	33,307.14
Friday-16 Mar	24,873.66	7,481.74	2,747.33	7,153.62	12,399.50	5,268.88	21,676.51	31,501.97	33,176.00
Friday-23 Mar	23,533.20	6,992.67	2,588.26	6,921.94	11,886.31	5,095.22	20,617.86	30,309.29	32,596.54
Friday-30 Mar	24,103.11	7,063.44	2,640.87	7,056.61	12,096.73	5,167.30	21,454.30	30,093.38	32,968.68