
Stock broker monitor television screen at a booth, during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, in Karachi, Pakistan. — AFP/File
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KARACHI: Pakistan remained under pressure during the week after US prices announced, which sent global markets to a tail spin. However, it is expected that the market will be bounced, as the United States has suspended revenue for 90 days.
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The market was opened under pressure on Monday, with KSE -100 filming the global market trends, fell by 8,688 points or 7.3 percent during the intrade (historic single day).
Crude oil .0 57.04/BBL (lowest from February 8, 2021) global sales last week due to concerns over the implementation of mutual implementation of 60 countries, which China faced the highest increase. However, Trump’s decision to stop the rates of more than 10 % for 90 days toward Trump’s last half of the week provided some relief the next day.
Locally, hopefulness increased when Pakistan hosted a mineral mining conference this week, which attracted foreign investors from countries such as Australia, Saudi Arabia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Increasing this sentiment, National Resources Limited (Lucky Cement, Fatima Fertilizer, and Liberty Mills have 33 % shares) announced the discovery of copper, gold and silver in Balochistan’s Chagai.
The market closed at 114,853 points, 3,988 points or -3.3 % wow. The average volume reached 557 million shares (14 % WOW), while the average price was fixed at 3 123 million (8.0 % WOW).
Last week, compared to a net purchase of $ 7.4 million, foreign sales were observed this week, wandering around $ 9.9 million. Large sales were observed in banks (.2 6.2 million), followed by all other sectors (3 2.3 million). On the local front, sales were reported by mutual funds (.6 13.6 million) and individuals (Million 4.5 million).
Sector War Negative Partnerships achieved banks (1,399 points), fertilizer (875 points), E&P (619 points), technology (261 points), and power (204 points). The script war was negative partner UBL (666 points), Efaret (466 points), FFC (409 points), PPL (358 points), and OGDC (310 points).
The sectors who contributed positively were: Cement (293 points), pharmaceuticals (60 points), glass (50 points), automobile assemblies (35 points), and cable and electrical equipment (33 points). Positive contributions in terms ofScrip (293 points), mari (62 points), mari (62 points), mari (62 points) (293 points), Mari (293 points), Marri (293 points), Marri came from.
Topline securities analyst Nabil Aaron said the reduction could be attributed to the implementation of taxes by the Trump administration, which has increased the expectation of confusion and slowdown in the global economy.
Topline securities analyst Valley Zaman said the KSE -100 index faced sharp fluctuations during the week. “This week, because of tariff announcements by the US president, it opened with sharp sales in fear of the global trade war.” “However, 90 -day intervals in the tariff implementation provided some relief to the Instators on Thursday.”
On the economic front, the Ministry of Commerce estimated a possible loss of about $ 1 billion due to a 29 % tariff imposed under Trump’s policy.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted Pakistan’s GDP growth for Fay 25. On the other hand, services exports increased by 6.0 % to $ 5.46 billion. Petroleum sales increased by 5.0 % YOY in March 2025, which is driven by EID demand and low fuel prices.
On the contrary, sending cement in March declined by 9.5 % YOY, which led to a decrease of 11 % to the local departure. In addition, Mari also received attention during the fourth discovery in the spin wim well, which reported 70mmcfd gas and 310 BPD condensate. SBP reserves were $ 10.7 billion, which is $ 23 million.