Karachi Stock Exchange
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| Karachi Stock Exchange | |
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| Type | Stock Exchange |
| Location | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Owner | Karachi Stock Exchange Limited |
| Key people | Adnan Afridi, CEO |
| Currency | PKR |
| No. of listings | 671 |
| MarketCap | US$ 73 billion |
| Volume | US$ 12 billion |
| Indexes | KSE 100 Index KSE-30 Index |
| Website | www.kse.com.pk |
The Karachi Stock Exchange or KSE is a stock exchange located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Founded in 1947, it is Pakistan's largest and oldest stock exchange, with many Pakistani as well as overseas listings. Its current premises are situated on Stock Exchange Road, in the heart of Karachi's Business District.
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History
Karachi Stock Exchange is the biggest and most liquid exchange in Pakistan and was been declared as the “Best Performing Stock Market of the World for the year 2002”. As on May 30, 2008, 654 companies were listed with a market capitalization of Rs. 3,746.203 billion (US$ 56.334 billion) having listed capital of Rs. 705.873 billion (US$ 10.615 billion). The KSE 100TM Index closed at 12130.51 on May 30, 2008.
KSE has been well into the 4th year of being one of the best performing markets of the world as declared by the international magazine “Business Week”. Similarly the US newspaper, USA Today, termed Karachi Stock Exchange as one of the best performing bourses in the world.
Business
Trading
The exchange has pre-market sessions from 09:15am to 09:45am and normal trading sessions from 09:45am to 02:15pm. It is the second oldest stock exchange in South Asia.[1]
Growth
The KSE is the biggest and most liquid exchange in Pakistan and in 2002 it was declared as the “Best Performing Stock Market of the World” by “Business Week”. As of December 20, 2007, 671 companies were listed with the market capitalization of Rs. 4364.312 billion (US$ 73 Billion) having listed capital of Rs. 717.3 billion (US$ 12 billion). On December 26, 2007, the KSE 100 Index reached its ever highest value and closed at 14,814.85 points.
Foreign buying interest had been very active on the KSE in 2006 and continued in 2007. According to estimates from the State Bank of Pakistan, foreign investment in capital markets total about US$523 Million. According to a research analyst in Pakistan, around 20pc of the total free float in KSE-30 Index is held by foreign participants.
KSE has seen some fluctuations since the start of 2008. One reason could be that it is the election year in Pakistan, and stocks are expected to remain dull. KSE has set an all time high of 15,000 points, before settling around the 14,000 mark.
Karachi stock exchange Board of Directors has recently (2007) announced plans to construct a 40 story high rise KSE building, as a new direction for future investment.
Disputes between investors and members of the Exchange are resolved through deliberations of the Arbitration Committee of the Exchange.
KSE began with a 50 shares index. As the market grew a representative index was needed. On November 1st, 91 the KSE-100 was introduced and remains to this day the most generally accepted measure of the Exchange. Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index (KSE-100 Index) is a benchmark used to compare prices overtime, companies with the highest market capitalization are selected. To ensure full market representation, the company with the highest market capitalization from each sector is also included.
In 1995 the need was felt for an all share index to reconfirm the KSE-100 and also to provide the basis of index trading in future. On August the 29th, 1995 the KSE all share index was constructed and introduced on September 18, 1995.
2008 Karachi Stock Exchange Crisis
- April 20 : Karachi Stock Exchange achieved a major milestone when KSE-100 Index crossed the psychological level of 15,000 for the first time in its history and peaked 15,737.32 on 20 April, 2008. Moreover, the increase of 7.4 per cent in 2008 makes it the best performer among major emerging markets.[2] [3]
- May 23: Record high inflation in the month of May, 2008 resulted in the unexpected increase in the interest rates by State Bank of Pakistan which eventually resulted in sharp fall in Karachi Stock Exchange.[4] [5]
- July 17 :Angry investors attacked the Karachi Stock Exchange in protest at plunging Pakistani share prices. [6] [7]
- July 16 : KSE-100 Index dropped one-third from an all-time high hit in April, 2008 as rising pressure on shaky Pakistan's coalition government to tackle Taliban militants exacerbates concern about the country's economic woes. [8]
- August 18: KSE 100 Index rose more than 4% after the announcement of the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf but Credit Suisse Group said that Pakistan's Post-Musharraf rally in Stock Exchange will be short-lived because of a rising fiscal deficit and runaway inflation. [9] [10]
- August 28 :Karachi Stock Exchange set a floor for stock prices to halt a plunge that has wiped out $36.9 billion of market value since April. [11]
See also
- KSE 100 Index.
- Lahore Stock Exchange.
- Islamabad Stock Exchange.
- Economy of Pakistan
- Economy of Karachi
- List of Pakistani companies
- List of stock exchanges
References
- ^ Market Hours, Karachi Stock Exchange via Wikinvest
- ^ Karachi Stock Exchange reaches record high - Gulf News
- ^ Monster & Critics
- ^ Pakistan Stocks Slump, Led by Banks, After Unexpected Rate Rise - Bloomberg
- ^ Billions wiped off on KSE’s ‘black Friday’ - Dawn.com
- ^ Protest over Pakistan share slump - BBC News
- ^ Pakistani Investors Stone Exchange as Stocks Plunge - Bloomberg
- ^ Forbes.com
- ^ Pakistan shares up on resignation - BBC News
- ^ Pakistan's Post-Musharraf Rally Will Falter, Credit Suisse Says - Bloomberg
- ^ Pakistan Stock Index Is Little Changed; Trading Limits Remain Bloomberg
External links
- Karachi Stock Exchange Website
- Research and Stock Market Simulation/Game for Pakistani Markets
- Tezi Mandee - Comprehensive Community Of Pakistani Investors & Traders
- Virtual Karachi Stock Exchange
- Fund Managers Resource
- Hafiz Investors Service - Equity Research & Analysis for the Pakistani Investor
- A Memorable Year for Pakistani bourses, Dawn, Dec. 31, 2002
- Who parented the stock market boom?, Dawn, Jan. 20, 2003
- Stockpk.com: Karachi Stock Exchange News and Trading Tips
- Karachi Stock Exchange Forum
- Financial News & Research Portal mainly for Karachi Stock Exchange
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