KARACHI (March 15, 2010): Bullish sentiments was witnessed at Karachi share market during the week ended on March 13, 2010 on the back of strong interest of foreign investors, as a result of which the KSE-100 index breached 10,000 points level. Healthy buying by offshore investors supported the index to register an increase of 399.70 points to close at 18-month high level of 10,025.99 points.

ISLAMABAD (March 15, 2010): The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has imposed a penalty of Rs 2,500,000 on a member of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) who violated the rules and regulations of the SECP and KSE in shares transactions.

KARACHI (March 15, 2010): The open interest at the futures counter increased by a massive 333 percent on week-on-week basis to Rs 2.2 billion. The futures spreads declined by 109bps to 1.10 percent on account of suppressed sentiment in the spot market, analysts said.

ISLAMABAD (March 15, 2010): Alico AIG Life has issued Weekly Unit Prices for week ended March 11, 2010.

KARACHI (March 14, 2010): Pakistan Government International Bonds daily prices for Saturday (March 13, 2010)

KARACHI (March 14, 2010): The following were the revised rates of debt securities on Saturday (March 13, 2010).

KARACHI (March 14, 2010): The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Saturday (March 13, 2010).

KARACHI (March 14, 2010): The following were the cross transactions between client to client & financial institutions here on Saturday (March 13, 2010).

KARACHI (March 13, 2010): Bullish trend continued at the share market on Friday and the KSE-100 index closed above 10,000 points level after 17 months, mainly on the back of strong foreign investors' interest. After opening on a positive note, the index hit 10,039.76 points intra-day high, up 160.06 points. The news of Lahore bomb blast during the session tiggered panic selling for a while and the index briefly visited negative zone.

LAHORE (March 13, 2010): Oil sector led the equities upward amid bullish sentiments on the Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) on Friday on account of the investors' interest who stayed on buying course throughout the day. The LSE-25 index jumped to 3189.12 against 3108.62 of Thursday, showing an improvement of 80.50 points.