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Is the current buying frenzy mindless?
The Economic Survey cleverly swept the vagaries of the outgoing fiscal year under the carpet.
Dilawar Hussain
Capital markets unmoved
The budget 2019-20 on the whole was defined by most market participants as “neutral to negative”.
Shares buyback rejuvenates interest in boardrooms
The market regulators have continued to point out the virtues of a buyback saying that they could be used to improve.
The Pakistan Stock Exchange hopes for a phoenix-like rise
The last two weeks of May saw dramatic twists and turns in the stock market.
Morin steps down amid allegations
KARACHI: Richard Morin has tendered his resignation from the post of chief executive officer of the Pakistan Stock...
Pharma industry on tenterhooks
‘If drug companies are unable to cover costs, some of them may compromise on the quality and efficacy of medicines’.
PSX gets a new lease of life
In all the twisting of rules, small investors with the capacity to trade in the ready market only are clearly at a loss
Stockbrokers propose market support fund
The news of brokers' meeting with Sheikh came after closure of the market when panic selling saw the index spiral down.
Stock market snubs IMF deal, plunges by 816 points
KSE-100 Index falls to three-year low at 33,900 as investors fret over impact of bailout package on economic growth
Is it time to sell in May and go away?
The best time to quit was in late summer last year.
Duping investors via flawed book building
Last year, SECP placed new general conditions for public offer of securities and revised the book-building procedure.
PSX: doom and gloom
The most disconcerting issue at the moment is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) three-year bailout package
Report from the stock market
Most of agri companies are engaged in fruit, citrus, milk and meat production, which are essentially the ...
Stock market needs a bailout
Investors say SOEs like State Life, EOBI, NIT and National Bank should rescue the stock market by buying stocks that are
Meltdown continues as KSE-Index sinks to three-year low
Fear stalks the market as investors keenly await outcome of IMF talks, next budget.
Fear reigns supreme as PSX slide continues
Traders started congratulating each other when the market gained 10pc in January. But the euphoria proved short-lived.
Chinese investors are in no hurry to save the day
For the third year in a row, equity investors have been left to fend for themselves.
Initial public offering market gears up
Interloop Ltd will be among the top-50 companies listed on the PSX in terms of market capitalisation.
Economic fallout of conflict
"Wars are devastating for the economy, but they may not damage the (stock) market."
The market must not shut down
Analysts fear that in the event of a war, regulators will be forced to close down the market.