A massive outflow of $16.415 million of foreign investors portfolio investment (FIPI) from the country''s equity market was seen during the outgoing week ended March 18, 2011.
"The foreign investors opted for selling at the local equity market mainly due to their concerns over prevailing economic, political and law and order situation in the country," analysts said adding that fear of impact of Japan disaster on global economy also forced them to offload their holdings mainly in emerging and frontier markets.
The foreign investors remained net sellers throughout the week, with massive selling of shares worth $8.830 million on the last trading session of the outgoing week. However, the banks were the net buyers of shares worth $19.5 million during the week.
Due to selling by foreign investors, the benchmark KSE-100 index registered a heavy fall of 438.64 points (3.6 percent) during the outgoing week, despite implementation of new leveraged product of Margin Trading System (MTS).