Pakistan set to make re-entrance into S&P’s emerging broad market index next month

Lahore: Pakistan will make its re-entrance into S&P’s Emerging Broad Market Index from S&P Frontier BMI next month, following the country’s inclusion...

PSX pondering separate counter for trading of less liquid stocks

Karachi: To prevent price manipulation and step up free float in the bourse, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) is considering launching a...

Asian stocks stay stable after rally

Tokyo: Asian stocks steadied on Wednesday, taking a breather after the previous day's surge, lacking the momentum to keep up with a...

Commodities sizzle as global stocks touch five-week low

London: World stocks struggled at a 5-1/2-week low on Monday, though metals dazzled with zinc at its highest in a decade, copper...

Stockbrokers upset by seizure of bank accounts by FBR

Karachi: The Pakistan Stock Exchange Brokers Association has written separate letters to the Federal Board of Revenue and Security and Exchange Commission...

Asian shares rise after overnight gains on Wall Street

Tokyo: Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday in narrow trading, tracking gains overnight on Wall Street. Japan's Nikkei 225 index slipped as...

Asian shares go down, as tensions ratchet up between US and North Korea

Tokyo: Asian stock markets slid Wednesday after President Donald Trump and North Korea traded threats over the North's nuclear program and Wall...

MSCI Pakistan promotion to result in more cash inflows says: WSJ

NEW YORK - Index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International’s (MSCI) recent reclassification of Pakistan as an emerging market from frontier market status...

Asian stock markets fall as gloss from Apple’s strong earnings evaporates

Tokyo: Asian markets mostly fell Thursday as the rally from news of Apple's strong earnings that spurred record highs for the Dow...

Will the stock exchange breathe a sigh of relief after Panamagate verdict?

Lahore: It has been a tumultuous few months for the country, as the Panamagate scandal had viciously gripped the country and media...

Currency devaluation could further jolt stock markets says: Bloomberg

Lahore: A Bloomberg article has reported amidst the political turmoil that has left the incumbent government in a tangle, the Pakistan rupee...

Bloomberg questions Pakistan’s inclusion into MSCI emerging market index

Karachi: A report by Bloomberg today has raised questions over Pakistan’s re-inclusion into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in June and as...

Asian stock markets have a mix day as investors await earnings

Seoul: Asian shares were mixed Friday as investors awaited a raft of corporate earnings due out next week. The Federal Reserve chair’s...

SECP Chairman chairs meeting at the stock exchange

Karachi: A meeting was chaired at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) by Chairman Zafar Hijazi of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan...

Stock exchange further plummets 824.81 points in first two hours of trading

Karachi: After plummeting more than 2000 points yesterday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) shed another 824.81 points in the opening hours on Wednesday....