11,695
July 13, 2008
Friday saw the week ending with the KSE-100 index closing down yet again, at 11,695. After Friday’s meeting of the SECP & the stock exchanges, it has been decided that the locks will revert to their normal 5% up or down as of July 14th. Short selling will be allowed in the August futures contract (see the article below) Given the pattern of trading in the last 2 weeks, expect a lot of lower caps 2moro. Stock up on Vaseline and Pampers !
News : Saudi Arabia has agreed, in principle, to defer payments for crude oil sales to Pakistan, expected to be worth about $5.9 billion during Pakistan’s 2008-09 financial year, The Financial Times reported on Saturday….Aaj News
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has reverted the upper and lower security-wise circuit breaker to 5 percent or Re 1, announcing strict monitoring of market activities, especially with reference to blank sales in excess of allowed limit and other market manipulations…. Aaj News
Market Low : 11,687.11 High : 11,773.12
Market Close : 11,695.82 – 77.30 points down
