News Highlights

Pakistan
6-Jun-23
Stock Market

PM sees IMF deal materialising this month (BR) PSX Indices Stats
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that his government has been
5-Jun-23 Index DoD MTD CY23TD FY23TD
able to navigate the challenges faced by Pakistan in the best possible
fashion with the help of its people and brotherly and friendly countries. In KSE100 Index 41,668 0.8% 0.8% 3.1% 0.3%

an interview with Anadolu News Agency posted on its website on KMI30 Index 71,940 1.1% 0.8% 5.4% 4.6%
Monday, the prime minister said..…read more PSX Mkt Cap* 6,327 0.9% 0.8% -2.7% -9.0%
Central govt’s debt swells to Rs58.6tr (Dawn)
International Stock (returns are USD based) 5-Jun-23
The total debt of the central government increased 34.1 per cent year-
Index Index
on-year to Rs58.6 trillion at the end of April, latest statistics released by Index Level
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the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed on Monday. The increase was KSE100 41,668 -18.4% HSI 19,109 -3.4%
2.6pc on a month-on-month basis. The domestic debt amounted to
SENSEX 62,787 3.2% SASEIDX 11,294 7.8%
Rs36.5tr (62.3pc) while the external debt accounted for a 37.6pc share
NKY 32,217 23.5% UKX 7,600 2.0%
with Rs22tr at the end of April.….read more
PM takes coalition partners on board over PSDP (BR) SHASHR 3,388 4.6% CCMP 13,229 26.4%

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting on Monday FSSTI 3,189 -1.9% SPX 4,274 11.3%
to consult coalition parties for the Public Sector Development Programme
VNINDEX 1,098 9.0% INDU 33,563 1.3%
(PSDP). According to the Prime Minister’s Office, in the meeting, the
USD/PKR, KIBOR and Eurobond
leaders and members of the coalition parties termed the prime minister’s
initiative of taking the allies into confidence and including their 5-Jun-23 Current WTD CY23TD FY23TD
suggestions as historic...…read more USD/PKR - Inter Bank 286.19 -0.2% -20.9% -28.4%
Delayed Russian oil cargo to reach Pakistan on June 11 (The News)
USD/PKR - Open Mkt 308.15 -3.3% -23.5% -34.0%
A Russian cargo vessel carrying 100,000 tonnes of crude oil is behind
schedule and is now expected to reach the Omani port of Duqm on June 6M KIBOR 22.1% 0.0% 5.1% 6.8%

7, a senior official told The News on Monday. The oil will be transported Pak. Euro Bond (Yield) 27.0% -0.1% 0.0% 11.8%
to Pakistan via smaller ships from the Omani port, which will take around
Fixed Income (Secondary and Primary Market Yields)
two weeks to reach Port Qasim in Karachi, the official added..…read
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Govt shares some details of federal budget with IMF (BR) 03-M T.Bill 21.80% 22.00% 03-Y PIB 19.1% 19.39%

Amid rumours of suspension of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 06-M T.Bill 21.91% 21.94% 05-Y PIB 14.9% 13.80%
Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, the government of Pakistan
12-M T.Bill 21.95% 22.00% 10-Y PIB 15.1% 12.95%
has shared some of the details of the fiscal year 2023-24 budget with the
Commodities
Fund.…read more
ECC green-lights hiking prices of 49 medicines (The News) International Last Price CY23TD Local Last Price CY23TD
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday WTI (bbl) 72.6 -10.1% Cotton (maund) 20,000 17.6%
granted approval for increasing the prices of 49 medicines under
Brent (bbl) 76.9 -10.7% Cement (North) 1,106 7.4%
Minimum Retail Price (MRP). However, the government claimed that the
prices of these 49 medicines were 24 to 77 percent..…read more Arablight (bbl) 78.6 -6.7% Cement (South) 1,167 9.1%

Exports of services shrink 25pc in April (Dawn) Coal (ton) 105.0 -48.9% Urea (bag) 3,090 17.7%
akistan’s export of services shrank 24.65 per cent year-on-year to
Gold (oz) 1,961.9 7.6% DAP (bag) 9,838 4.3%
$486.09 million in April, which is the fourth monthly drop in a row,
Cotton (lb) 96.65 -2.6% Gold (10grms) 196,250 23.6%
according to the data compiled by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The
export of services recorded positive growth during the first half of the Up Coming Board Meetings
current fiscal year.…read more AMBL 10-Jun 2:30 PM

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Pakistan
6-Jun-23
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