KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange started new week on bullish note after adding 108 points to reach 44287 point level in early trading on Monday.
Last week, the bullish sentiments prevailed at the local bourse as the KSE-100 index closed 2.9 percent WoW (week on week) higher at 44,179 points.
Volumes and total value traded remained modest, ending down 33 percent WoW (184m shares/day) and 28 percent WoW ($80mn/day), respectively. Foreigners were key net buyers during the week with net buying of $31.5m (with Friday witnessing net buying for 17th consecutive day), whereas local Mutual Funds were net sellers of $12.1m. On a sector-wise basis, Cements (+6.1 percent WoW), textiles (+1.2 percent WoW) and fertilizers (+3.1 percent WoW) were key outperformers.
Participation declined significantly, average volumes decreased 30 percent WoW while value declined 28 percent. Stocks including HBL (+6 percent), ENGRO (+7 percent), LUCK (+7 percent), HUBC (+5 percent) & DGKC (+9 percent) added 531pts to the index, while NRL (-8 percent ), ATRL (-5 percent), JDWS (-8 percent), PAKT (-6 percent) & PKGS (-6 percent) withheld 47 points. On the sector front, banks, cement and fertilizer sector cumulatively added 750pts whereas refinery sector took away 27points.
Foreigners bought $33m worth of shares during the week vs buying of $26m during the last week. On the local front, Mutual Funds were net sellers of $12.8m whereas individuals were net sellers of $10.1m.
