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KSE-100: Directionless trade weighs on stocks; index dips 116 points Market capital decreases by Rs 21bn
July 13, 2021
Directionlessness played on the market sentiments on Monday, as the KSE-100 index kicked off the first trading session of the week on a bearish note, with contracting market volumes.
The index clocked at 47,447 level after posting 116 points loss, as it traded in a range of 306.76 points or 0.64 percent of previous close, showing an intraday high of 47,715.28 and a low of 47,408.52.
The market witnessed choppy behavior, owing to a surge in Covid positivity ratio as it crossed 3.9% which risks a fresh round of lockdown being imposed by the government. Moreover,rising uncertainty in the Afghanistan region where the Taliban claim to control 85% of the territory which also took a toll on investors’ sentiment.
Business
February 20, 2021
Kot Addu Power Company (Kapco) has announced a net profit of Rs5.296 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, which is 20.9 percent lower than the profit of Rs6.69 billion recorded in the same quarter last year.
The EPS clocked in at Rs6.02 compared with EPS of Rs7.6 in the same period of the previous year. Kapco did not announce any interim cash dividend. Taurus Research in its report said, “True up income (difference between the revenue billed and the revenue collected in rupees due to depreciation of rupee against USD) decreased due to lesser collection of overdue receivables in this quarter. Nevertheless, collections are expected to improve in the coming quarters.”