Market Indicators

Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes. Most market indicators are created by analyzing the number of companies that have reached new highs relative to the number that created new lows, also known as market breadth.

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR

EXCHANGE RATES
Currency	activity	Friday 16-Mar	Friday 23-Mar	Friday 30-Mar	Friday 6-Apr	Friday 13-Apr	Friday 20-Apr
DOLLAR	Buying	111.5	115.5	115.9	116.35	116.65	117.5
	Selling	111.8	117.2	116.2	117.15	117.45	117.8
POUND	Buying	154.5	160	161	161.5	164.5	164
	Selling	156.25	161.75	162.75	163.25	166.25	165.75
EURO	Buying	136.5	140	141	141.25	141.75	144
	Selling	137.7	141.2	142.2	142.45	142.95	145.2
CANADIAN $	Buying	86	87.75	88.8	90.5	88.9	91.25
	Selling	86.85	88.6	89.65	91.35	89.75	92.1
JAP YEN	Buying	1.02	1.08	1.01	1.06	1.06	1.05
	Selling	1.05	1.11	1.04	1.09	1.09	1.08
HK $	Buying	14	14.7	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65
	Selling	14.25	14.95	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9
SINGAPORE $	Buying	83.9	86	86.7	87.25	88.2	88.5
	Selling	84.7	86.8	87.5	88.05	89	89.3
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT	Buying	28.05	29.45	29.75	29.75	29.65	29.4
	Selling	28.4	29.8	30.1	30.1	30	29.8
UAE DIRHAM	Buying	30.25	31	31.45	31.5	31.5	32
	Selling	30.5	31.25	31.7	31.75	31.75	32.25
SAUDI RIYAL	Buying	29.55	30.25	30.7	30.8	30.9	31.35
	Selling	29.75	30.45	30.9	31	31.1	31.55
KUWAITI DINAR	Buying	366	382	383	384	383	383
	Selling	368.5	384.5	385.5	386.5	385.5	385.5

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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-16 Mar	21,550.69	43,363.21	9,064.82	Pak Elektron	16.4	193.39	363	132	219	12
Thurs-22 Mar	22,569.60	45,030.22	9,261.01	TRG Pakistan	22.3	228.44	393	202	171	20
Friday-30 Mar	22,801.34	45,560.30	9,370.58	K-Electric	50.5	230.33	374	152	206	16
Friday-6 Apr	23,460.32	46,637.62	9,531.56	Engro Polymer (XD	16.3	248.14	370	180	164	26
Friday-13 Apr	23,031.17	46,071.86	9,443.18	K-Electric	36.2	197.38	367	132	217	18
Friday-20 Apr	22,309.17	45,259.34	9,330.97	Lotte Chemical	21.8	144	369	142	206	21

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INTERNATIONAL MARKET INDICATOR

COMMODITY
	UNITS	PRICES THIS WEEK	PRICES LAST WEEK
CRUDE OIL	Barrel	68.4	67.39
HEATING OIL	Gallon	212.3	210.02
NATURAL GAS	MMBtu	2.74	2.74
COCOA	Ton	2,729.00	2,576.00
COFFEE ‘C’	lbs	117.7	119.5
CORN	bu	385.5	394.5
COTTON	lbs	84.73	83.35
SUGAR #11	lbs	11.87	12.2
WHEAT FUTURE	CBT	477.25	489.25
COPPER	lbs	315.55	307.1
GOLD	Oz	1,338.30	1,347.90
SILVER	Troy ounce		16.66
*Commodity and energy prices are in U.S. dollars.

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WORLD COMMODITY PRICES
PETROLEUM PRICES ($/BBL)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Crude	68.06	67.39
Dated Brent	73.18	67.76
WTI Cushing	66.23	63.4
NATURAL GAS ($/MMBTU)
	THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
Nymex Henry Hub	2.88	2.78
Henry Hub	2.88	2.78
New York City Gate	5.75	5.75

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Labor force – by occupation – agriculture (%) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	95%	NA
2	Burundi	93.60%	2002
3	Burkina Faso	90%	2000
4	Niger	87%	2016
5	Lesotho	86%	2002
6	Angola	85%	2003
6	Zambia	85%	2004
6	Papua New Guinea	85%	2005
7	Guinea-Bissau	82%	2000
8	Mozambique	81%	1997
9	Wallis and Futuna	80%	2001
9	Chad	80%	2006
9	Comoros	80%	1996
9	Sudan	80%	1998
9	Mali	80%	2005
9	Eritrea	80%	2004
10	Afghanistan	78.60%	FY08/09
11	Senegal	77.50%	2007
12	Guinea	76%	2006
13	Rwanda	75.30%	2012
14	Solomon Islands	75%	2000
14	Gambia, The	75%	1996
15	Laos	73.10%	2012
16	Ethiopia	72.70%	2013
17	Uganda	71.90%	2013

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GDP – composition, by sector of origin – agriculture (%) 2018 Country Ranks
Rank	Country	Value	Date of Info
1	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	95%	1996
2	Sierra Leone	60.70%	2017
3	Somalia	60.20%	2013
4	Chad	59%	2017
5	Comoros	49.50%	2017
6	Niger	44.30%	2017
7	Guinea-Bissau	44.10%	2017
8	Central African Republic	42.90%	2017
9	Mali	40.90%	2017
10	Burundi	40%	2017
11	Sudan	39.60%	2017
12	Liberia	36.10%	2017
13	Ethiopia	35.80%	2017
14	Kenya	35%	2017
15	Solomon Islands	34.30%	2017
16	Burkina Faso	31.90%	2017
17	Rwanda	30.90%	2017
18	Malawi	28.60%	2017
18	Tajikistan	28.60%	2017
19	Togo	28.10%	2017
20	American Samoa	27.40%	2012
21	Nepal	27%	2017
21	Vanuatu	27%	2017
22	Micronesia, Federated States Of	26.30%	2013
22	Kiribati	26.30%	2012

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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-16 Mar	24,873.66	7,481.74	2,747.33	7,153.62	12,399.50	5,268.88	21,676.51	31,501.97	33,176.00
Friday-23 Mar	23,533.20	6,992.67	2,588.26	6,921.94	11,886.31	5,095.22	20,617.86	30,309.29	32,596.54
Friday-30 Mar	24,103.11	7,063.44	2,640.87	7,056.61	12,096.73	5,167.30	21,454.30	30,093.38	32,968.68
Friday-6 Apr	24,505.22	7,076.55	2,662.84	7,184.96	12,226.85	5,253.76	21,567.52	29,844.94	33,626.97
Friday-13 Apr	24,360.14	7,106.65	2,656.30	7,264.56	12,442.40	5,315.02	21,778.74	30,808.38	34,192.65
Friday-20 Apr	24,462.94	7,146.13	2,670.14	7,368.17	12,540.50	5,412.83	22,162.24	30,418.33	34,415.58