Market Indicators

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR

EXCHANGE RATES
Currency	activity	Friday 26-Jan	Friday 2-Feb	Friday 9-Feb	Friday 16-Feb	Friday 23-Feb	Friday 2-Mar
DOLLAR	Buying	112.15	111.8	111.5	111.6	111.65	111.95
	Selling	112.45	112.1	111.8	111.9	111.95	112.25
POUND	Buying	159	159	154	156.25	154.6	154
	Selling	160.75	160.75	155.75	158	156.35	155.75
EURO	Buying	138.75	139.25	135.25	138.5	136.6	137
	Selling	139.95	140.45	136.45	139.7	137.8	138.2
CANADIAN $	Buying	90.5	91	88	88.5	88.35	87
	Selling	91.35	91.85	88.85	89.35	89.2	87.85
JAP YEN	Buying	0.98	0.99	0.98	1.02	1.01	1.02
	Selling	1.01	1.02	1.01	1.05	1.04	1.05
HK $	Buying	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05	14
	Selling	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.25
SINGAPORE $	Buying	85	84.5	83.8	83.9	83.8	84
	Selling	85.8	85.3	84.6	84.7	84.6	84.8
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT	Buying	27.95	28.2	27.85	28.2	28.1	28.05
	Selling	28.3	28.55	28.2	28.55	28.45	28.4
UAE DIRHAM	Buying	30.5	30.45	30.1	30.2	30.3	30.45
	Selling	30.75	30.7	30.35	30.45	30.55	30.7
SAUDI RIYAL	Buying	29.85	29.7	29.4	29.4	29.65	29.8
	Selling	30.05	29.9	29.6	29.6	29.85	30
KUWAITI DINAR	Buying	366.5	367.5	366.5	367	367	366
	Selling	369	370	369	369.5	369.5	368.5

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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-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
Friday-2 Mar	22,059.24	43,740.49	9,110.26	Dost Steel	19.08	229.93	371	202	153	16

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATOR

COMMODITY
	UNITS	PRICES THIS WEEK	PRICES LAST WEEK
CRUDE OIL	Barrel	61.25	63.55
HEATING OIL	Gallon	187.96	196.94
NATURAL GAS	MMBtu	2.7	2.63
COCOA	Ton	2,313.00	2,194.00
COFFEE ‘C’	lbs	122.2	121
CORN	bu	385.25	374.5
COTTON	lbs	82.09	81.34
SUGAR #11	lbs	13.42	13.46
WHEAT FUTURE	CBT	500	464.25
COPPER	lbs	312.45	323.3
GOLD	Oz	1,323.40	1,330.30
SILVER	Troy ounce	16.47	16.55
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude	61.45	63.57
Dated Brent	67.96	64.68
WTI Cushing	63.81	61.91
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub	2.6	2.6
Henry Hub	2.6	2.6
New York City Gate	4.17	4.17

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Internet hosts 2017 Country Ranks
1	United States	NA
2	Japan	2012
3	Brazil	2012
4	Italy	2012
5	China	2012
6	Germany	2012
7	France	2012
8	Australia	2012
9	Mexico	2012
10	Russia	2012
11	Netherlands	2012
12	Poland	2012
13	Argentina	2012
14	Canada	2012
15	United Kingdom	2012
16	Turkey	2012
17	India	2012
18	Taiwan	2012
19	Sweden	2010
20	Switzerland	2012
21	Belgium	2012
22	Finland	2012
23	South Africa	2012
24	Colombia	2012
56	Pakistan	2012

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GDP – composition, by sector of origin – agriculture (%) 2017 Country Ranks
1	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	95
2	Sierra Leone	71.1
3	Somalia	60.2
4	Central African Republic	58
5	Chad	53
6	Solomon Islands	52.8
7	Comoros	50
8	Burundi	45.8
9	Guinea-Bissau	45
10	Mali	41
11	Niger	36.5
12	Ethiopia	36.2
13	Liberia	35.4
14	Rwanda	34.6
15	Kenya	32.7
16	Burkina Faso	32.5
17	Malawi	32
18	Nepal	29.4
19	Tajikistan	29.2
20	Sudan	27.5
20	Togo	27.5
21	American Samoa	27.4
22	Cambodia	26.7
26	Pakistan	25.2
54	India	16.5

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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-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
Friday-2 Mar	24,538.06	7,257.87	2,691.25	7,069.90	11,913.71	5,136.58	21,181.64	30,583.45	34,046.94