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Karachi Stock Exchange

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.

Market Summary

Market Status Suspend Volume 139,434,780 Value 6,658,415,555.07 Trades 92,510	Symbols Advanced 229 Decline 102 Unchanged 25 Total 356
Index Current High Low Change KSE All Share Index 5625.56 5668.40 5587.26 38.30 KSE 100 Index 7872.23 7937.80 7822.32 49.91 KSE 30 Index 8343.20 8442.47 8290.76 52.44 KMI 30 Index 11874.75 11966.79 11804.14 70.61

CLOSED-END-MUTUAL FUNDS SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME AL-Meezan Mut 5.25 5.68 5.25 5.30 0.05 10,344 Atlas Fund of Fund 3.40 3.40 3.35 3.40 0.00 100 Dominion Stock 0.70 0.95 0.75 0.75 0.05 15,610 F. Dawood Mut.Fund 2.36 2.45 2.39 2.43 0.07 15,001 F.Cap.Mut.Fund 2.14 2.40 2.40 2.40 0.26 1 Golden Arrow 2.36 2.44 2.26 2.31 -0.05 6,625 Inve Mut.Fund 0.35 0.40 0.27 0.39 0.04 8,992 JS Growth 3.88 3.95 3.85 3.90 0.02 28,391 JS Large Cap.Fund 2.85 3.00 3.00 3.00 0.15 1,000 JS Value Fund 4.90 4.91 4.82 4.85 -0.05 33,376 Meezan Bal. Fund 5.12 5.20 5.20 5.20 0.08 982 NAMCO Balanced 3.99 4.50 3.99 4.43 0.44 850,000 Pak Strat Fund 2.91 3.25 2.90 3.25 0.34 53 Pak.Prem Fund 4.00 4.09 4.00 4.01 0.01 124,119 PICIC Energy 4.35 4.49 4.34 4.43 0.08 73,708 PICIC Growth 11.08 11.19 11.05 11.11 0.03 229,783 PICIC Inv.Fund 4.68 4.70 4.63 4.66 -0.02 62,675 Safeway Mutual Fund 6.50 6.50 6.50 6.50 0.00 100 Tri-Star Mutual 2.17 2.95 2.60 2.60 0.43 102 MODARABAS SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME 1st.Fid.Leasing Mod 2.34 2.40 2.40 2.40 0.06 3 AL-Zamin Mod 3.10 3.84 3.44 3.44 0.34 435 Allied Rental Mod. 12.90 13.75 13.25 13.70 0.80 7,200 B.R.R.Guardian 2.86 3.09 2.75 3.01 0.15 4,851 Cres. Stand.Mod. 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.20 1 Elite Cap.Mod 2.29 2.29 2.25 2.25 -0.04 400 Equity Mod. 0.90 0.93 0.90 0.93 0.03 2,653 First Inv. Mod 1.05 1.21 1.21 1.21 0.16 1 H.B.L.Mod. 4.35 5.29 4.33 4.59 0.24 72,240 Habib Mod 6.09 6.85 6.01 6.59 0.50 107,985 I.B.L.Modaraba 5.40 5.40 5.40 5.40 0.00 2,000 Imrooz Mod 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 0.00 90 Mod.Al-Mali 1.50 1.40 1.40 1.40 -0.10 5,000 Nat.Bank Mod 4.35 4.89 4.26 4.60 0.25 34,802 Pak Modaraba 0.60 1.20 0.66 0.89 0.29 3,054 Paramount Mod 9.00 8.10 8.10 8.10 -0.90 2,000 Prud Mod.1st 0.70 0.75 0.65 0.69 -0.01 93,033 Punjab Modaraba 1.45 1.75 1.25 1.75 0.30 4,101 Stand.Chart.Mod 10.90 11.29 10.85 11.10 0.20 172,801 Tri-Star 1st. 3.00 3.98 3.98 3.98 0.98 1 U.D.L.Mod. 3.71 3.75 3.71 3.75 0.04 1,094 Unity Mod. 0.19 0.29 0.14 0.18 -0.01 185,601 LEASING COMPANIES SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Al-Zamin Leas 1.75 1.98 1.97 1.97 0.22 5,504 Cap.Assets Leasing 6.11 6.50 6.50 6.50 0.39 317 English Leas 1.22 1.29 1.05 1.05 -0.17 5,502 Grays Leasing 3.79 3.89 3.89 3.89 0.10 1 Orix Leasing Pak Ltd 7.90 8.19 7.35 7.73 -0.17 6,365 Pak.Com.Leas 0.20 0.28 0.20 0.20 0.00 1,502 Saudi Pak Leas 1.64 2.15 1.75 2.00 0.36 5,000 Security Leasing 1.69 1.22 1.22 1.22 -0.47 315 Stand.Chart.Lea 2.50 3.50 2.70 3.39 0.89 111,001 INVESTMENT BANKS/COS./SECURITIES SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME AL-Mal Sec. 2.84 2.89 2.56 2.86 0.02 1,512 AMZ Ventures A 0.46 0.58 0.49 0.49 0.03 501 Arif Habib Inv. Ltd. 18.30 18.95 17.81 18.41 0.11 58,741 Arif Habib Limited 79.64 83.62 79.70 82.95 3.31 828,753 Arif Habib Sec. 29.72 30.74 29.45 30.47 0.75 10,448,342 Dawood Equities 4.46 4.40 4.20 4.26 -0.20 22,300 F. Nat.Equities 18.12 19.12 18.25 19.12 1.00 72,654 IGI Inv.Bank 3.68 3.95 3.95 3.95 0.27 50 Invest and Fin.Sec. 6.93 7.45 6.75 6.81 -0.12 16,617 Invest Bank 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 0.00 3,000 Ist.Capital Sec.Corp 10.36 10.44 10.19 10.21 -0.15 2,225 Ist.Dawood Bank 3.03 3.14 3.02 3.12 0.09 35,032 J.O.V.and CO. 13.21 13.70 13.10 13.41 0.20 243,933 Jah.Sidd. Co. 25.29 25.75 24.80 24.98 -0.31 13,534,697 JS Global Capital 70.57 74.05 68.49 73.49 2.92 1,795 JS Investments Ltd 14.89 15.89 14.80 15.19 0.30 1,641,154 KASB Securities 10.89 11.30 10.81 11.26 0.37 27,610 Network Mic Bank 2.19 2.21 2.14 2.21 0.02 2,500 Orix Bank 0.35 0.33 0.27 0.33 -0.02 20,157 Pervez Ahmed 5.65 5.85 5.60 5.66 0.01 285,831 Trust Brokerage 2.34 2.99 2.99 2.99 0.65 2 Trust Inv.BankXDXB 7.80 8.74 7.00 8.74 0.94 7 COMMERCIAL BANKS SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Allied Bank 41.79 42.00 41.00 41.94 0.15 36,597 Arif Habib Bank 6.24 6.40 6.25 6.25 0.01 99,592 Askari Bank Ltd. 14.81 15.10 14.67 15.00 0.19 84,431 Atlas Bank Ltd 3.63 3.62 3.51 3.54 -0.09 28,184 B.O.Punjab 9.97 10.10 9.83 9.95 -0.02 900,880 Bank Al-Falah 10.83 11.12 10.80 10.89 0.06 2,277,561 Bank AL-Habib 27.39 27.80 27.39 27.60 0.21 25,671 Bank Of Khyber 3.01 3.10 3.00 3.05 0.04 39,072 Bankislami Pakistan 6.40 6.45 6.30 6.43 0.03 40,564 Faysal Bank Ltd. 10.03 10.18 9.96 10.10 0.07 43,450 Habib Bank Ltd 102.54 103.90 101.00 102.07 -0.47 140,879 Habib Metro Bank 25.40 25.68 25.00 25.07 -0.33 92,428 JS Bank Ltd 5.90 6.10 5.90 5.92 0.02 114,650 KASB Bank Ltd. 7.96 8.05 7.65 7.92 -0.04 15,501 MCB Bank Ltd. 166.56 171.80 166.55 167.42 0.86 2,387,705 Meezan Bank 11.26 11.49 11.21 11.26 0.00 110,497 Mybank Ltd 3.56 3.99 3.51 3.86 0.30 528,909 National Bank of Pak 64.92 65.99 62.03 63.32 -1.60 4,958,988 NIB Bank 4.75 4.93 4.73 4.83 0.08 1,027,765 Royal Bank Ltd 18.05 19.05 18.01 19.05 1.00 313,480 Samba Bank Ltd 3.30 3.60 3.25 3.43 0.13 370,610 SilkBank Limited 4.83 5.00 4.83 4.95 0.12 143,456 Soneri Bank Ltd. 10.79 11.20 10.61 10.91 0.12 12,531 Stand.Chart.Bank 9.49 9.70 9.26 9.39 -0.10 29,366 United Bank Ltd. 42.31 44.00 42.40 42.88 0.57 2,658,798 INSURANCE SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Adamjee Insurance 102.66 104.90 102.25 102.84 0.18 3,895,774 American Life 18.25 18.25 18.25 18.25 0.00 200 Asia Insurance 19.70 19.70 19.70 19.70 0.00 100 Ask.Gen.Insur 16.75 17.20 17.00 17.20 0.45 1,359 Atlas Insurance Ltd. 29.60 30.20 29.98 30.20 0.60 1,400 Central Insurance 36.09 35.50 35.50 35.50 -0.59 119 Century Insurance 18.10 18.70 18.00 18.45 0.35 1,550 East West Life Ass. 4.00 4.44 4.35 4.44 0.44 2 EFU General Ins 112.71 118.34 113.45 115.42 2.71 308,565 EFU Life Assur Ltd. 115.00 120.00 116.10 117.37 2.37 26,293 Habib Insurance 15.91 16.72 15.63 16.01 0.10 12 IGI Insurance 85.00 86.00 84.50 85.23 0.23 8,988 New Jub. Life 36.00 36.00 35.17 35.26 -0.74 16,400 New Jubilee Ins.Co. 51.98 53.00 50.01 52.02 0.04 305 Pak Gen.Ins 7.78 8.00 7.00 7.66 -0.12 6,600 Pak Reinsurance 35.85 36.65 35.89 36.04 0.19 1,301,393 PICIC Ins.Ltd. 4.90 5.29 4.75 4.75 -0.15 102 Premier Insurance 9.02 9.05 9.00 9.01 -0.01 6,445 Reliance InsurXB 7.80 8.69 8.00 8.00 0.20 201 Shaheen Insurance 25.50 26.69 26.69 26.69 1.19 1 Silver Star Ins. 11.64 11.94 10.76 11.16 -0.48 1,952 United Insurance Co. 6.43 6.98 6.98 6.98 0.55 201 Universal Insurance 4.73 5.10 4.80 5.00 0.27 4,501 TEXTILE SPINNING SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME AL-Azhar Tex. 2.85 1.90 1.90 1.90 -0.95 500 Apollo Tex.XD 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 0.00 378 Azam Tex 0.89 0.97 0.46 0.97 0.08 1,001 Brothers Tex 0.22 0.25 0.22 0.25 0.03 118 D.S. Ind. Ltd. 3.38 3.50 3.40 3.45 0.07 240,750 Elahi Cotton 1.99 1.50 1.50 1.50 -0.49 1 Ellcot Sp. 7.01 7.10 7.01 7.10 0.09 3,000 Fazal Cloth 16.60 17.60 17.60 17.60 1.00 500 Fazal Textile Ltd. 361.00 378.00 378.00 378.00 17.00 1 Gulistan Textile 12.99 13.98 13.98 13.98 0.99 1 Hira Textile Mills 3.65 3.65 3.39 3.39 -0.26 1 Indus Dyeing and Mfg. 55.10 57.50 57.00 57.20 2.10 1,500 J.A.Textile 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 498 Janana D Mal 6.23 7.20 6.01 6.02 -0.21 201 Khalid Siraj 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.00 287 Kohat Textile 0.51 0.50 0.50 0.50 -0.01 1,000 Mukhtar Textile 0.39 0.48 0.35 0.35 -0.04 206 N. P. Spinning Mills 8.01 7.03 7.03 7.03 -0.98 30 Olympia Sp. 3.43 4.41 4.41 4.41 0.98 1 Ravi Textile 6.65 6.97 5.65 6.28 -0.37 10 Ruby Textile 6.24 7.24 7.24 7.24 1.00 1 Sajjad Tex. 1.95 2.95 2.95 2.95 1.00 1 Shahzad Tex 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 95,000 Sunrays Tex. 15.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 1.00 1,000 TEXTILE WEAVING SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Samin Tex. 7.19 7.08 6.70 6.70 -0.49 10,100 Shahtaj Tex. 11.64 12.50 12.50 12.50 0.86 1 Yousuf Weaving 2.24 1.50 1.50 1.50 -0.74 500 TEXTILE COMPOSITE SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Artistic Denim 25.14 25.75 25.00 25.11 -0.03 7,100 Azgard Nine Ltd. 26.08 26.60 25.90 26.04 -0.04 3,617,381 Blessed Tex Mills 43.60 44.50 44.50 44.50 0.90 1,499 Chenab Limited 3.79 3.90 3.75 3.85 0.06 85,363 Colony Mills Ltd 5.83 5.95 5.45 5.52 -0.31 35,775 Crescent Textile 27.00 27.00 25.65 26.50 -0.50 543 Dawood Lawrencepur 33.88 34.50 33.26 34.03 0.15 14,472 Int.Knitwear 14.70 15.50 13.70 13.70 -1.00 27 Ishaq Textile 3.25 3.60 3.50 3.60 0.35 12,300 Kohinoor Ind. 1.29 1.29 1.03 1.03 -0.26 600 Kohinoor Textile 9.30 9.66 8.50 9.36 0.06 2,031,518 Masood Textile Mills 28.50 28.50 28.50 28.50 0.00 7 Mehmood Tex Mills 49.75 52.23 52.23 52.23 2.48 1 Mian Textile 0.50 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.39 2 Nishat (Chun) SPOT 8.70 9.40 8.65 9.27 0.57 487,481 Nishat Mills Limited 41.43 43.00 41.40 42.35 0.92 5,358,441 Quetta (R) 0.50 0.15 0.15 0.15 -0.35 100 Quetta Textile 47.50 49.69 45.13 49.69 2.19 62 Reliance Weaving 3.21 4.01 3.98 4.00 0.79 37,611 Suraj Cotton Mills 16.16 16.00 15.16 15.99 -0.17 2,000 Usman Tex. 3.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 -0.50 500 ZahidJee Textil 2.06 2.98 2.98 2.98 0.92 1 WOOLEN SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Bannu Woollen 14.00 14.34 13.75 13.86 -0.14 3,987 Moonlite (PAK) 10.49 11.49 11.49 11.49 1.00 2 SYNTHETIC and RAYON SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Dewan Salman 1.69 1.73 1.60 1.60 -0.09 153,597 Ibrahim Fibres 27.23 28.59 26.90 27.72 0.49 27,500 Pak Synthetic 5.49 6.49 5.50 5.50 0.01 10,001 Rupali Polyester 30.39 31.50 31.50 31.50 1.11 1 JUTE SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Crescent Jute 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 0.00 15,719 Thal Limited 106.09 111.39 105.11 107.40 1.31 60,630 SUGAR and ALLIED INDUSTRIES SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Abdullah Shah 4.62 5.00 5.00 5.00 0.38 500 Adam Sugar 16.38 16.50 16.38 16.50 0.12 11 AL-Noor Suger 23.40 23.50 22.25 22.26 -1.14 6,169 Chashma Sugar 5.40 5.50 5.49 5.50 0.10 8,790 Crescent Sugar 6.00 6.45 5.99 6.00 0.00 65,200 Dewan Sugar 2.50 2.06 2.06 2.06 -0.44 777 Faran Sugar 16.17 17.00 16.00 16.50 0.33 1,514 Habib Sugar Mills 35.24 36.75 35.05 35.09 -0.15 36,053 Habib-ADM Ltd. 21.78 22.86 21.82 22.75 0.97 14,186 Haseeb Waqas 25.08 26.33 26.33 26.33 1.25 1 J.D.W.Sugar 52.60 55.00 52.31 52.35 -0.25 780 Mehran SugarSPOT 44.63 45.70 45.25 45.60 0.97 6,255 Mirza Sugar 3.84 3.95 3.67 3.67 -0.17 9,301 Noon Sugar 25.13 26.38 25.25 26.38 1.25 133,024 Premier Suger 48.90 50.40 49.99 49.99 1.09 5,094 Sakrand Sugar 1.75 1.75 1.70 1.72 -0.03 7,500 Sanghar Sugar 15.50 15.50 15.00 15.00 -0.50 10 Shahmurad Sugar 10.90 11.90 11.40 11.90 1.00 29,510 Shak(R.C.Pf8.5 Perc. 8.41 8.41 8.41 8.41 0.00 454 Shakarganj Mills 8.59 8.66 8.50 8.66 0.07 2,500 CEMENT SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Al-Abbas Cement 6.41 6.70 6.40 6.44 0.03 37,105 Attock Cement Pak. 83.33 86.95 82.61 86.31 2.98 1,077,036 Bestway Cem 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 0.00 100 Cherat Cement 17.46 17.99 17.21 17.35 -0.11 18,610 D.G.K.Cement 37.44 39.18 37.45 38.89 1.45 16,190,415 Dadabhoy Cement 2.00 2.09 2.00 2.05 0.05 25,500 Dandot Cement 7.00 7.10 6.12 7.00 0.00 4,204 Dewan Cement 3.05 3.20 3.06 3.17 0.12 336,144 Fauji Cement 8.41 8.50 8.38 8.42 0.01 2,004,941 Fecto Cement 21.18 21.50 20.20 20.26 -0.92 49,209 Flying Cement 3.07 3.16 3.00 3.02 -0.05 56,479 Gharibwal Cement 15.84 15.98 15.98 15.98 0.14 1 Kohat Cement Co. 9.04 9.29 9.02 9.08 0.04 72,824 Lafarge Pakistan Cem 3.00 3.20 3.00 3.10 0.10 610,212 Lucky Cement 76.86 78.00 76.41 77.02 0.16 7,078,145 Maple Leaf Cem. 5.38 5.55 5.40 5.43 0.05 333,383 Maple Leaf(Pref) 5.76 6.00 5.75 6.00 0.24 26,500 Pioneer Cement 13.66 14.00 13.52 13.80 0.14 75,791 Thatta Cement 17.05 17.90 16.60 17.28 0.23 11,603 TOBACCO SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Lakson Tobacco 169.99 175.00 173.40 174.87 4.88 1,228 Pak Tobacco Co. 84.00 88.20 86.00 86.75 2.75 23,299 REFINERY SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Attock Refinery Ltd. 153.71 157.24 154.00 155.15 1.44 1,634,516 Bosicor Pakistan 7.38 7.98 7.50 7.69 0.31 4,944,353 National Refin. 221.24 225.45 220.00 221.66 0.42 50,160 Pak Refinery Limited 146.67 148.20 139.34 140.26 -6.41 241,220 POWER GENERATION and DISTRIBUTION SYMBOL OPEN HIGH LOW CURRENT CHANGE VOLUME Altern Energy 8.00 8.49 8.25 8.49 0.49 2,001 Genertech 0.70 0.70 0.65 0.70 0.00 6,150 Hub Power Co. Ltd 29.03 29.34 29.01 29.22 0.19 376,010 Japan Power 1.95 1.99 1.82 1.86 -0.09 177,471 K.E.S.C. 2.71 2.78 2.71 2.76 0.05 351,507 Kohinoor Power Co. 12.85 13.85 12.71 13.35 0.50 313,791 Kot Addu Power Co. 46.44 46.50 46.00 46.31 -0.13 82,801 Sitara Energy Ltd. 22.99 23.75 23.00 23.08 0.09 25,205 Southern Electric 3.15 3.30 3.15 3.26 0.11 202,919 Tri-Star PowerXD 1.30 1.30 1.17 1.17 -0.13 6,502