KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend during the outgoing week ended July 17, 2020 on the back of local investors and institutional support.
BRIndex100 gained 110.00 points on week-on-week basis to close at 3,846.60 points. Average daily volumes stood at 380.769 million shares.
BRIndex30 increased by 566.06 points during this week to close at 19667.60 points with average daily turnover of 265.212 million shares.
KSE-100 Index surged by 1,140.44 points on week-on-week basis and closed at 37,330.85 points. Trading activities also improved as average daily volumes on ready counter increased by 22.3 percent to 426.44 million shares as compared to previous week's average of 348.81 million shares. Average daily trading value increased by 34.4 percent to Rs 16.57 billion.
The foreign investors remained net sellers of shares during the week with net sell standing at $27.3 million, taking calendar-year-to-date net sell to $342 million. Total market capitalization increased by Rs 238 billion to Rs 7.079 trillion.
An analyst at AKD Securities said that the KSE-100 Index continued the positive momentum and closed the week at 37,331points, up 3.15 percent on week-on-week basis on the back of encouraging news flow pertaining to various sectors.
Cement sector remained in the limelight due to potential demand triggers where Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme and construction package were already driving activity in the stock while recent inauguration of construction of Dimaer Bhasha Dam added to the fervor.
Oil and Gas exploration witnessed activity after news emerged of hydrocarbon discovery by MOL in TAL block where OGDC and PPL also have a stake in the venture.
Major gainers from KSE-100 Index were INDU (up 18.5 percent), AGIL (up 18.1 percent), THALL (up 14.5 percent) and EPCL (up 13.5 percent), whereas laggards dragging the index lower were JDWS (down 6.3 percent), PTC (down 4.5 percent), HASCOL (down 3.6 percent) and SCBPL (down 3.2 percent).
An analyst at JS Global Capital said that the KSE-100 Index continued its bull trend this week, closing up 3.2 percent on WoW at 37,331 levels. Concluding this week, the KSE-100 Index has so far gained by 8.5 percent in July-2020.
The sanguinity sustained with increasing investor participation as volumes increased by 22 percent and with net buying mainly witnessed by the Individuals ($16 million) and Insurance ($14 million) segments. On the other hand, net selling by the foreign investors augmented to $27 million this week, with notable selling in the Oil & Gas Exploration Companies ($20 million).
Autos (up 10.3 percent) and Cements (up 6.7 percent) remained among leading sectors in the rally. In addition, oil discovery in the Tal Block announced this week supported gains in the Oil & Gas Exploration Companies (up 3.2 percent).
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020