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The successful prediction of a stock's future price could yield significant profit. The efficient market hypothesis suggests that stock prices reflect all currently available information and any price changes that are not based on newly revealed information thus are inherently unpredictable. Others disagree and those with this viewpoint possess ...
The KSE-30 Index is a stock market index which tracks the performance of the top 30 most liquid companies listed on the stock exchanges in Pakistan. [1] The index is based on a free float methodology [2] in differentiation to other indices based of paid-up capital. [3] The KSE-30 Index was launched and implemented by the Karachi Stock Exchange ...
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), founded as Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), is a stock exchange based in Karachi, Pakistan. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] PSX was classified by MSCI as a frontier market on 8 September 2021.
July 17: Angry investors attacked the Karachi Stock Exchange in protest at plunging Pakistani share prices. [ 12 ] [ 10 ] July 16 : KSE-100 Index dropped one-third from an all-time high hit in April, 2008 as rising pressure on shaky Pakistan's coalition government to tackle Taliban militants exacerbates concern about the country's economic woes.
In February 2023, a Moody economist predicted that inflation in Pakistan could average 33% in the first half of the year 2023. [48] China lent Pakistan further 700 million dollars to shore up Forex reserves. [49] Pakistan's Consumer price index (CPI) further jumped to 31.5%, the highest annual rate in 50 years. [50]
Following the international credit crisis and spikes in crude oil prices, Pakistan's economy could not withstand the pressure, and on 11 October 2008, the State Bank of Pakistan reported that the country's foreign exchange reserves had gone down by $571.9 million to $7,749.7 million. [64]
The oil prices were seen rising to hit $71.38 per barrel in March 2021, marking the highest since the beginning of the pandemic in January 2020. [116] The oil price rise followed a missile drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil facility by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. [117] The United States said it was committed to defending Saudi Arabia. [118]
There are five main oil refineries in Pakistan with a combined capacity of approximately 450,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), equivalent to 20 million tonnes per annum. [8] Cnergyico PK Limited is the largest oil refiner, with its oil refining complex in the Balochistan province able to refine up to 156,000 barrels per day of crude oil. [9]