Pakistan & Gulf Economist

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 Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday
11-May 18-May 25-May 1-Jun 8-Jun 22-Jun
DOLLAR Buying 117.5 117.3 118.5 118.5 118.2 123.75
Selling 117.8 117.85 119.05 119.05 118.75 124.3
POUND Buying 158.5 158.5 158 157.5 158.25 162.25
Selling 160.25 160.25 159.75 159.25 160 164
EURO Buying 138.85 138.4 138.6 138 137.3 142.1
Selling 140.05 139.6 139.8 139.2 138.5 143.3
CANADIAN $ Buying 91.25 91 91.8 91.5 91.5 91.7
Selling 92.1 91.85 92.65 92.35 92.35 92.55
JAP YEN Buying 1.04 1.02 1.04 1.04 1.03 1.09
Selling 1.07 1.05 1.07 1.07 1.06 1.12
HK $ Buying 14.65 14.65 14.65 14.65 14.65 15
Selling 14.9 14.9 14.9 14.9 14.9 15.25
SINGAPORE $ Buying 86.8 86.35 87.25 88 87.75 89.5
Selling 87.6 87.15 88.05 88.8 88.55 90.3
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT Buying 28.85 28.9 28.85 28.9 28.9 30.2
Selling 29.2 29.25 29.2 29.25 29.25 30.55
UAE DIRHAM Buying 31.9 31.85 32.25 32.3 31.9 33.3
Selling 32.15 32.1 32.5 32.55 32.15 33.55
SAUDI RIYAL Buying 31.15 31.15 31.6 31.6 31.2 32.4
Selling 31.35 31.35 31.8 31.8 31.4 32.6
KUWAITI DINAR Buying 381.5 380.5 380 380.5 380.5 394.1
Selling 384 383 382.5 383 383 396.6

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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-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
Friday-25 May 20,620.20 42,074.09 8,731.44 Pak Elektron 11.5 109.67 313 78 214 21
Friday-1 Jun 20,990.65 42,912.81 8,907.94 Dolmen City REIT (XD) 12.3 59.22 307 142 147 18
Friday-8 Jun 21,663.83 43,948.11 9,036.83 Bank of Punjab 63.3 227.213 357 114 215 28
Friday-22 Jun 20,489.58 41,637.38 85,394.94 K-Electric 20.3 178.96 347 75 257 15

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATORS
WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
THIS WEEK LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude 69.28 65.7
Dated Brent 74.87 73.41
WTI Cushing 65.91 64.76
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
THIS WEEK LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub 2.99 2.89
Henry Hub 2.99 2.89
New York City Gate 3.19 3.19

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COMMODITY
UNITS PRICES THIS WEEK PRICES LAST WEEK
CRUDE OIL Barrel 69.28 65.7
HEATING OIL Gallon 212.7 217.66
NATURAL GAS MMBtu 2.94 2.91
COCOA Ton 2,514.00 2,333.00
COFFEE ‘C’ lbs 116.95 115.85
CORN bu 366.5 374
COTTON lbs 85.3 94.66
SUGAR #11 lbs 12.41 11.67
WHEAT FUTURE CBT 504.25 521.75
COPPER lbs 304.9 326.9
GOLD Oz 1,271.10 1,302.90
SILVER Troy ounce 16.52 16.73
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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Natural gas – exports (cu m) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank Country Value Date of Info
1 Russia 197.7 billion cu m 2015
2 Qatar 123.9 billion cu m 2015
3 Norway 112 billion cu m 2015
4 European Union 93.75 billion cu m 2010
5 Canada 78.25 billion cu m 2015
6 Netherlands 53.65 billion cu m 2016
7 United States 50.52 billion cu m 2015
8 Algeria 43.42 billion cu m 2015
9 Turkmenistan 40.3 billion cu m 2015
10 Malaysia 34.99 billion cu m 2015
11 Australia 34.06 billion cu m 2015
12 Germany 32.51 billion cu m 2015
13 Indonesia 30.29 billion cu m 2015
14 Nigeria 26.33 billion cu m 2015
15 Trinidad and Tobago 17.86 billion cu m 2015
16 Bolivia 15.73 billion cu m 2016
17 Uzbekistan 14.7 billion cu m 2014
18 United Kingdom 14.22 billion cu m 2015
19 Burma 13.91 billion cu m 2015
20 Kazakhstan 13.7 billion cu m 2016
21 United Arab Emirates 11.08 billion cu m 2015
22 Papua New Guinea 9.7 billion cu m 2015
23 Yemen 8.8 billion cu m 2014
24 Brunei 8.52 billion cu m 2015
25 Iran 8.38 billion cu m 2015

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Natural gas – imports (cu m) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank Country Value Date of Info
1 European Union 420.6 billion cu m 2010
2 Japan 114.7 billion cu m 2015
3 Germany 102.5 billion cu m 2015
4 United States 76.96 billion cu m 2015
5 China 75.1 billion cu m 2016
6 Italy 65.28 billion cu m 2016
7 Turkey 48.43 billion cu m 2015
8 United Kingdom 44.5 billion cu m 2015
9 France 44.38 billion cu m 2015
10 Korea, South 43.43 billion cu m 2015
11 Netherlands 39.57 billion cu m 2016
12 Mexico 36.47 billion cu m 2015
13 Spain 32.39 billion cu m 2015
14 United Arab Emirates 20.53 billion cu m 2015
15 Canada 19.63 billion cu m 2015
16 Taiwan 19.39 billion cu m 2015
17 Brazil 18.98 billion cu m 2015
18 Belgium 18.81 billion cu m 2015
19 India 18.67 billion cu m 2015
20 Russia 18 billion cu m 2015
21 Belarus 17.3 billion cu m 2015
22 Ukraine 14.18 billion cu m 2015
23 Thailand 13.33 billion cu m 2015
24 Singapore 12.37 billion cu m 2015
25 Poland 12.12 billion cu m 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-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

Friday-25 May

24,811.76

7,424.43

2,727.76

7,747.60

12,855.09

5,571.85

22,450.79

30,561.17

34,824.39

Friday-1 Jun

24,415.84

7,442.12

2,705.27

7,727.43

12,604.89

5,398.40

22,171.35

30,507.98

35,297.22

Friday-8 Jun

25,241.41

7,635.07

2,770.37

7,639.82

12,681.18

5,434.10

22,694.50

30,958.21

35,411.59

Friday-22 Jun

24,580.89

7,692.82

2,754.88

7,682.27

12,579.72

5,387.38

22,516.83

29,338.70

35,689.60

 

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