KARACHI (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Peer ko shuruaati nuqsan se sambhal kar izafe ke saath band hua, kyunke heavyweight stocks mein aakhri ghanton ki kharidari State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) ke interest rate ke faisle se pehle ki bechaini par ghalib aa gayi.
Benchmark KSE-100 index 663.59 points, ya 0.41%, izafe ke saath 163,038.47 par band hua. Woh din ke dauran 161,250.07 ki sab se nichli satah tak gir gaya tha, phir session ke doosre hisse mein kharidari ne use 163,477.09 ki oonchi satah tak pahuncha diya.
Dopahar ke baad SBP ne policy rate 50 basis points barha kar 12% kar diya, jo market ki zyada tar tawaqqoat ke mutabiq tha. Yeh faisla mehngai mein izafe ke khatre ka aks hai, kyunke United States aur Iran ke darmiyan jari tanaza tel aur commodity ki qeematon ko oonchi rakhe hue hai.
Cement aur banks ki qiyadat
KASB KTrade ke equity trader Ahmed Sheraz ne kaha ke 100 basis points ke izafe ke pehle ke khadshaat ke darmiyan trading mein utar charhao raha, phir kharidari barhi, khaas taur par cement mein. Cement makers, investment banks aur oil and gas companies ne musbat kirdar ada kiya.
United Bank Limited (UBL), Engro Holdings, Lucky Cement aur Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) ne mil kar index mein 719 points ka izafa kiya, jabke Meezan Bank, Engro Fertilizers, Fauji Fertilizer, Pakistan Services aur Habib Bank Limited (HBL) ne 367 points ki kami ki.
"Market mein SBP ke MPC ke elan se pehle sarmayakaron ke ehtiyati jazbat ke darmiyan donon simton mein trading hui, jabke market participants zyada tar policy rate mein 50 basis points ke izafe ki tawaqqo kar rahe thay," Arif Habib Limited ke deputy head of trading Ali Najib ne kaha.
Tel aur khitta
Aalami tel ki qeematein pichhle hafte ke izafe ke baad kuch narm hui, lekin chhe maheene ki sab se oonchi satah ke qareeb rahein, aur Brent crude taqreeban $115 fi barrel ke aas paas raha. Saudi Arabia par musalsal hamlon ne sarmayakaron ko aalami energy supplies ke bare mein fikrmand rakha.
Sheraz ne kaha ke tel ki oonchi qeematon, Saudi Arabia aur Türkiye ke saath mil kar Iran ke saath Pakistan ki wasatat, Israel ke intikhabat aur US ke aane wale midterm elections ki wajah se marketon ka rujhan ehtiyat par mabni reh sakta hai.
