Market Indicators

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR

EXCHANGE RATES
Currency	activity	Friday 2-Mar	Friday 9-Mar	Friday 16-Mar	Friday 23-Mar	Friday 30-Mar	Friday 6-Apr
Dollar	Buying	111.95	111.85	111.5	115.5	115.9	116.35
	Selling	112.25	112.15	111.8	117.2	116.2	117.15
Pound	Buying	154	153.25	154.5	160	161	161.5
	Selling	155.75	155	156.25	161.75	162.75	163.25
Euro	Buying	137	136.75	136.5	140	141	141.25
	Selling	138.2	137.95	137.7	141.2	142.2	142.45
Canadian $	Buying	87	86.5	86	87.75	88.8	90.5
	Selling	87.85	87.35	86.85	88.6	89.65	91.35
Jap Yen	Buying	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.08	1.01	1.06
	Selling	1.05	1.05	1.05	1.11	1.04	1.09
HK $	Buying	14	14.05	14	14.7	14.65	14.65
	Selling	14.25	14.3	14.25	14.95	14.9	14.9
Singapore $	Buying	84	83.75	83.9	86	86.7	87.25
	Selling	84.8	84.55	84.7	86.8	87.5	88.05
Malaysian Ringgit	Buying	28.05	28.15	28.05	29.45	29.75	29.75
	Selling	28.4	28.5	28.4	29.8	30.1	30.1
UAE Dirham	Buying	30.45	30.25	30.25	31	31.45	31.5
	Selling	30.7	30.5	30.5	31.25	31.7	31.75
Saudi Riyal	Buying	29.8	29.5	29.55	30.25	30.7	30.8
	Selling	30	29.7	29.75	30.45	30.9	31
Kuwaiti Dinar	Buying	366	366.5	366	382	383	384
	Selling	368.5	369	368.5	384.5	385.5	386.5

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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-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
Friday-6 Apr	23,460.32	46,637.62	9,531.56	Engro Polymer (XD	16.3	248.14	370	180	164	26

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATOR

WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude	63.11	64.91
Dated Brent	69.02	68.81
WTI Cushing	63.05	65.49
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub	2.75	2.63
Henry Hub	2.75	2.63
New York City Gate	5.75	3.93

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COMMODITY
	UNITS	PRICES THIS WEEK	PRICES LAST WEEK
Crude Oil	Barrel	63.19	64.91
Heating Oil	Gallon	196.69	202.56
Natural Gas	MMBtu	2.71	2.73
Cocoa	Ton	2,490.00	2,556.00
Coffee ‘c’	lbs	117.25	118.15
Corn	bu	385	387.75
Cotton	lbs	82.76	81.46
Sugar #11	lbs	12.29	12.35
Wheat Future	CBT	459.5	451
Copper	lbs	303.8	302.3
Gold	Oz	1,326.90	1,329.60
Silver	Troy ounce	16.26	16.34
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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Central bank discount rate (%) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Venezuela	29.50%	2015
2	Ghana	25.50%	31-Dec-16
3	Malawi	24%	25-Nov-16
4	Guinea	22.25%	31-Dec-05
5	Ukraine	22%	23-Dec-15
6	Vanuatu	20%	31-Dec-10
7	Mali	16%	31-Dec-10
7	Tajikistan	16%	20-Mar-17
7	Sao Tome and Principe	16%	31-Dec-09
8	Azerbaijan	15%	10-Mar-17
9	Belarus	14%	19-Apr-17
9	Papua New Guinea	14%	31-Dec-10
9	Uganda	14%	Dec-14
10	Brazil	13.75%	31-Dec-16
11	Mongolia	12%	14-Jan-16
12	Kenya	11.50%	20-Jan-16
13	Burundi	11.25%	31-Dec-10
14	Seychelles	11.17%	31-Dec-10
15	Kazakhstan	11%	10-Apr-17
16	Montserrat	10.99%	31-Dec-10
17	Russia	10%	31-Dec-16
17	Suriname	10%	2013
18	Burma	9.95%	31-Dec-10
19	Belize	9.86%	1-Sep-16
20	Egypt	9.75%	30-Oct-14

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Commercial bank prime lending rate (%) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Madagascar	64%	31-Dec-17
2	Brazil	48.70%	31-Dec-17
3	Malawi	42.30%	31-Dec-17
4	Congo, Democratic Republic Of The	35.90%	31-Dec-17
5	Syria	33.30%	31-Dec-17
6	Gambia, The	30.60%	31-Dec-17
7	Tajikistan	30%	31-Dec-17
7	Ghana	30%	31-Dec-17
8	Mozambique	27%	31-Dec-17
9	Yemen	26%	31-Dec-17
10	Argentina	24.50%	31-Dec-17
11	Venezuela	23.80%	31-Dec-17
12	Guinea	21.50%	31-Dec-17
13	Suriname	20.50%	31-Dec-17
14	Kyrgyzstan	20.10%	31-Dec-17
15	Angola	20%	31-Dec-17
16	Mongolia	19.90%	31-Dec-17
17	Honduras	19.70%	31-Dec-17
18	Egypt	19.50%	31-Dec-17
19	Uganda	19.10%	31-Dec-17
20	Sao Tome and Principe	18.90%	31-Dec-17
21	Sierra Leone	18.60%	31-Dec-17
22	Paraguay	18.50%	31-Dec-17
22	Laos	18.50%	31-Dec-17
23	Zimbabwe	18%	31-Dec-17

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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-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
Friday-6 Apr	24,505.22	7,076.55	2,662.84	7,184.96	12,226.85	5,253.76	21,567.52	29,844.94	33,626.97