Market Indicators

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR

EXCHANGE RATES
Currency	activity	Friday 19-Jan	Friday 26-Jan	Friday 2-Feb	Friday 9-Feb	Friday 16-Feb	Friday 23-Feb
DOLLAR	Buying	112	112.15	111.8	111.5	111.6	111.65
	Selling	112.3	112.45	112.1	111.8	111.9	111.95
POUND	Buying	154.75	159	159	154	156.25	154.6
	Selling	156.5	160.75	160.75	155.75	158	156.35
EURO	Buying	136.5	138.75	139.25	135.25	138.5	136.6
	Selling	137.7	139.95	140.45	136.45	139.7	137.8
CANADIAN $	Buying	89.5	90.5	91	88	88.5	88.35
	Selling	90.35	91.35	91.85	88.85	89.35	89.2
JAP YEN	Buying	0.98	0.98	0.99	0.98	1.02	1.01
	Selling	1.01	1.01	1.02	1.01	1.05	1.04
HK $	Buying	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05
	Selling	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3
SINGAPORE $	Buying	84	85	84.5	83.8	83.9	83.8
	Selling	84.8	85.8	85.3	84.6	84.7	84.6
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT	Buying	27.95	27.95	28.2	27.85	28.2	28.1
	Selling	28.3	28.3	28.55	28.2	28.55	28.45
UAE DIRHAM	Buying	30.45	30.5	30.45	30.1	30.2	30.3
	Selling	30.7	30.75	30.7	30.35	30.45	30.55
SAUDI RIYAL	Buying	29.75	29.85	29.7	29.4	29.4	29.65
	Selling	29.95	30.05	29.9	29.6	29.6	29.85
KUWAITI DINAR	Buying	366.5	366.5	367.5	366.5	367	367
	Selling	369	369	370	369	369.5	369.5

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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-19 Jan	22,392.36	44,178.83	9,093.02	WorldCall Telecom	13	209	378	271	92	15
Friday-26 Jan	22,434.13	44,551.13	9,217.77	K-Electric	39.2	271	375	149	179	29
Friday-2 Feb	22,152.05	44,301.20	9,171.45	Lotte Chemical	49.3	284.37	375	219	131	25
Friday-9 Feb	21,896.08	43,808.80	9,099.33	Azgard Nine	19.7	225.63	377	178	179	20
Friday-16 Feb	21,850.58	21,850.58	9,051.46	TRG Pakistan	13.8	148.35	379	259	93	27
Friday-23 Feb	21,734.43	43,267.20	8,987.96	Dost Steel	27.5	244.5	366	95	246	25

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATOR

COMMODITY
	UNITS	PRICES THIS WEEK	PRICES LAST WEEK
CRUDE OIL	Barrel	63.55	61.68
HEATING OIL	Gallon	196.94	191.04
NATURAL GAS	MMBtu	2.63	2.56
COCOA	Ton	2,194.00	2,134.00
COFFEE ‘C’	lbs	121	120.45
CORN	bu	374.5	375
COTTON	lbs	81.34	77.16
SUGAR #11	lbs	13.46	13.28
WHEAT FUTURE	CBT	464.25	471.5
COPPER	lbs	323.3	326.85
GOLD	Oz	1,330.30	1,356.20
SILVER	Troy ounce	16.55	16.71
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude	63.57	61.61
Dated Brent	64.68	62.2
WTI Cushing	61.91	59.41
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub	2.6	2.85
Henry Hub	2.6	2.85
New York City Gate	4.17	5.11

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Industrial production growth rate (%) 2017 Country Ranks
1	Monaco	20%
2	Maldives	14%
2	Sierra Leone	14%
3	Burma	12.20%
3	Eritrea	12.20%
4	Guyana	12%
5	Ethiopia	9%
6	Cote d’Ivoire	8.50%
7	Bangladesh	8.40%
8	Cambodia	8.30%
9	Laos	8%
10	Senegal	7.50%
11	India	7.40%
12	Togo	7.10%
13	Iraq	7%
13	Dominican Republic	7%
13	Vietnam	7%
14	Rwanda	6.90%
15	Philippines	6.80%
15	Pakistan	6.80%
16	Kenya	6.60%
17	Paraguay	6.50%
17	Bhutan	6.50%
18	Samoa	6.40%
19	Guinea	6.20%

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Public debt (% of GDP) 2017 Country Ranks
1	Japan	234.7
2	Greece	181.6
3	Lebanon	161.5
4	Italy	132.5
5	Jamaica	130.1
6	Portugal	126.2
7	Eritrea	119.8
8	Cabo Verde	116.8
9	Singapore	110.5
10	Grenada	110
11	Barbados	108.9
12	Belgium	106.7
13	Cyprus	104.6
14	Mozambique	100.3
15	Spain	99.6
16	Canada	98.8
17	France	96.5
18	Egypt	92.6
19	Puerto Rico	92.5
20	United Kingdom	92.2
20	Yemen	92.2
21	Jordan	90.6
22	Sao Tome and Principe	89.5
62	Pakistan	58.5
76	India	52.3

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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-19 Jan	26,017.81	6,811.38	2,798.03	7,721.62	13,400.63	5,517.50	23,808.06	32,254.89	35,511.58
Friday-26 Jan	26,392.79	7,411.16	2,839.25	7,615.84	13,298.36	5,481.21	23,631.88	33,189.02	36,050.44
Friday-2 Feb	26,186.71	7,385.86	2,821.98	7,472.34	12,839.99	5,388.68	23,274.53	32,601.78	35,066.75
Friday-9 Feb	23,860.46	6,777.16	2,581.00	7,105.44	12,089.88	5,085.18	21,382.62	29,507.42	34,005.76
Friday-16 Feb	25,219.38	7,239.47	2,732.22	7,294.70	12,451.96	5,281.58	21,720.25	31,115.43	34,010.76
Friday-23 Feb	25,309.99	7,337.39	2,747.30	7,244.41	12,483.79	5,317.37	21,892.78	31,267.17	34,142.15