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KARACHI: Market trends are expected in the coming week from the geographical political situation, investors’ sentiment has been closely linked to the progress, especially India’s developing situation in Pakistan, analysts said.
He believes that with the release of corporate income season, key announcements are also expected to advance the stock -related speed.
The KSE -100 Index exhibited mixed trends during the outgoing week, initially continued to pace it, which was supported by economic indicators. However, its speed was weakened by the end of the week as geographical political concerns, especially in India and Pakistan, came to the fore.
On the Macro Economic Front, the banking sector reserves recorded a healthy growth of 11.7 percent (YOY) in March 2025. However, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) foreign exchange reserves declined by 7 367 million on a weekly basis, closed at $ 10.2 billion. Amid the geographical political noise and the sentiments of cautious investors, the Benchmark’s SE -100 index closed at 115,469 points on Saturday, reflecting 1,846 points or 1.6 percent on a week on a week.
In his weekly report, Arif Habib Limited noted that Sector War Negative Partnerships were achieved by Exploration and Production (E&P) companies (594 points), commercial banks (295 points), technology (188 points), power (140 points), and pharmaceuticals (116 points). Meanwhile, those who contributed positively in the fields included fertilizers (162 points), food (74 points), and automobile collectors (23 points). In terms of script, major negative partners were UBL (507 points), Marie (369 points), Effect (225 points), PSO (181 points), and PPL (151 points), while positive contributions FFC (403 points), MEBL (237 points), MCB (78 points), 78 points (78 points), 78 points), 78 points), 78 points) NAT is from.
Foreign purchases were observed during the week, with 9 2.09 million last week compared to net sales of 1 4.01 million. Oil marketing companies (OMCS) (7 2.7 million) saw a large purchase, followed by E & PS (1 1.1 million). On the local front, sales were reported through mutual funds (.9 18.9 million) and broker proprietary trade (2 2.02 million). The average volume stands at 599 million shares (below 32 % Wow), while the average price is fixed at $ 104 million (10 % Wow Wow).
Economic developments during the week included $ 1.72 billion in return for profit during July-March 25, an increase of 23 % of IT exports during Q3FY25, and food exports to $ 5.75 billion during July March March. Pakistan also received $ 555 million in external financing during March, while Ghani Chemical Industries started operations daily with a capacity of 275 tonnes (TPD). In its weekly commentary, Topline Securities noted that the KSE -100 index decreased by 1.57 %, which has led to the fall of cross -border tensions with India and the futures of the futures.
Other important developments include receiving an understanding of $ 1 billion loan with two foreign commercial banks in Pakistan, which is about 7.6 % on interest rates. The government also decided to raise debt from the domestic capital market by issuing Sukuk bonds supported by Pakistan’s first sustainable investment assets to fund three clean energy projects, which requires additional Rs 52 billion for completion. Due to external debt payments, SBP reserves declined by 7 367 million to $ 10.205 billion for the week ended April 18.
On average, the daily trade volume and the price for the week are Rs 599 million and Rs 29.3 billion respectively.
