Market Indicators

Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes. Most market indicators are created by analyzing the number of companies that have reached new highs relative to the number that created new lows, also known as market breadth.

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATORS

EXCHANGE RATES
Currency	activity	Friday 13-Apr	Friday 20-Apr	Friday 27-Apr	Friday 4-May	Friday 11-May	Friday 18-May
DOLLAR	Buying	116.65	117.5	118.2	118.25	117.5	117.3
	Selling	117.45	117.8	118.5	118.55	117.8	117.85
POUND	Buying	164.5	164	163.85	161	158.5	158.5
	Selling	166.25	165.75	165.6	162.75	160.25	160.25
EURO	Buying	141.75	144	143	142	138.85	138.4
	Selling	142.95	145.2	144.2	143.2	140.05	139.6
CANADIAN $	Buying	88.9	91.25	91.25	91.25	91.25	91
	Selling	89.75	92.1	92.1	92.1	92.1	91.85
JAP YEN	Buying	1.06	1.05	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.02
	Selling	1.09	1.08	1.07	1.07	1.07	1.05
HK $	Buying	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65
	Selling	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9
SINGAPORE $	Buying	88.2	88.5	88.25	87.8	86.8	86.35
	Selling	89	89.3	89.05	88.6	87.6	87.15
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT	Buying	29.65	29.4	29.4	29.2	28.85	28.9
	Selling	30	29.8	29.75	29.55	29.2	29.25
UAE DIRHAM	Buying	31.5	32	32.05	32.2	31.9	31.85
	Selling	31.75	32.25	32.3	32.45	32.15	32.1
SAUDI RIYAL	Buying	30.9	31.35	31.3	31.35	31.15	31.15
	Selling	31.1	31.55	31.5	31.55	31.35	31.35
KUWAITI DINAR	Buying	383	383	382.5	381	381.5	380.5
	Selling	385.5	385.5	385	383.5	384	383

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THE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2018: TOP 10
2018 rank	2017 rank	University	Country
1	1	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
2	4	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
3	2	California Institute of Technology	United States
3	3	Stanford University	United States
5	5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States
6	6	Harvard University	United States
7	7	Princeton University	United States
8	8	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
9	10	University of Chicago	United States
10	9	ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Switzerland
10	13	University of Pennsylvania	United States

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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-13 Apr	23,031.17	46,071.86	9,443.18	K-Electric	36.2	197.38	367	132	217	18
Friday-20 Apr	22,309.17	45,259.34	9,330.97	Lotte Chemical	21.8	144	369	142	206	21
Friday-27 Apr	22,409.39	45,542.78	9,391.51	Byco Petroleum	29	224.76	372	187	168	17
Friday-4 May	21,848.80	44,536.91	9,180.22	Bank of Punjab	21.1	139.66	365	172	171	22
Friday-11 May	21,378.62	43,594.79	8,973.09	Dewan Cement	13.6	164.68	371	91	255	25
Friday-18 May	20,313.90	41,623.52	8,640.80	K-Electric	5.9	82.84	313	78	218	17

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATORS

WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude	71.51	70.51
Dated Brent	78.17	74.75
WTI Cushing	71.01	70.74
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub	2.84	2.74
Henry Hub	2.84	2.74
New York City Gate	3.41	3.41

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COMMODITY
	UNITS	PRICES THIS WEEK	PRICES LAST WEEK
CRUDE OIL	Barrel	71.55	70.7
HEATING OIL	Gallon	228.81	222.2
NATURAL GAS	MMBtu	2.86	2.81
COCOA	Ton	2,650.00	2,805.00
COFFEE ‘C’	lbs	118.25	119.4
CORN	bu	400.75	396.5
COTTON	lbs	85.72	84.62
SUGAR #11	lbs	11.58	11.22
WHEAT FUTURE	CBT	506.25	498.75
COPPER	lbs	306.6	311.15
GOLD	Oz	1,286.00	1,320.70
SILVER	Troy ounce	16.41	16.75
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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Literacy – male (%) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Andorra	100%	2016
1	Uzbekistan	100%	2015
1	Greenland	100%	2015
1	Korea, North	100%	2015
2	Poland	99.90%	2015
2	Latvia	99.90%	2015
2	Azerbaijan	99.90%	2016
2	Cuba	99.90%	2015
3	Kazakhstan	99.80%	2015
3	Tajikistan	99.80%	2015
3	Belarus	99.80%	2015
3	Lithuania	99.80%	2015
3	Georgia	99.80%	2015
3	Turkmenistan	99.80%	2015
3	Maldives	99.80%	2015
3	Ukraine	99.80%	2015
3	Estonia	99.80%	2015
4	Moldova	99.70%	2015
4	Taiwan	99.70%	2014
4	Croatia	99.70%	2015
4	Russia	99.70%	2015
4	Armenia	99.70%	2015
4	Slovenia	99.70%	2015
5	Kyrgyzstan	99.60%	2015
6	Serbia	99.50%	2016

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Literacy – female (%) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Korea, North	100%	2015
1	Andorra	100%	2016
1	Uzbekistan	100%	2015
1	Greenland	100%	2015
2	Latvia	99.90%	2015
3	Kazakhstan	99.80%	2015
3	Lithuania	99.80%	2015
3	Cuba	99.80%	2015
3	Estonia	99.80%	2015
4	Poland	99.70%	2015
4	Georgia	99.70%	2015
4	Belarus	99.70%	2015
4	Tajikistan	99.70%	2015
4	Azerbaijan	99.70%	2016
4	Ukraine	99.70%	2015
4	Slovenia	99.70%	2015
5	Turkmenistan	99.60%	2015
5	Russia	99.60%	2015
5	Armenia	99.60%	2015
6	Tonga	99.40%	2015
6	Antigua and Barbuda	99.40%	2012
6	Kyrgyzstan	99.40%	2015
7	Moldova	99.10%	2015
8	Cayman Islands	99%	2007
8	Italy	99%	2015

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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-13 Apr	24,360.14	7,106.65	2,656.30	7,264.56	12,442.40	5,315.02	21,778.74	30,808.38	34,192.65
Friday-20 Apr	24,462.94	7,146.13	2,670.14	7,368.17	12,540.50	5,412.83	22,162.24	30,418.33	34,415.58
Friday-27 Apr	24,322.34	7,118.68	2,666.94	7,487.50	12,602.35	5,467.34	22,467.87	30,280.67	34,969.70
Friday-4 May	23,930.15	7,088.15	2,629.73	7,526.11	12,737.36	5,491.16	22,472.78	29,926.50	34,915.38
Friday-11 May	24,831.17	7,402.88	2,727.72	7,724.55	13,001.24	5,541.94	22,758.48	31,122.06	35,535.79
Friday-18 May	24,713.98	7,382.47	2,720.13	7,777.31	13,108.61	5,624.74	22,930.36	31,047.91	34,848.30

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