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Kse Karachi Biography
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), is a stock exchange currently located at the Stock Exchange Building (SEB) on Stock Exchange Road, in the heart of Karachi's Business District, II Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is Pakistan's largest and one of the oldest stock exchange in South Asia by market capitalization, with many Pakistani consortium as well as overseas enterprises listings.
History
Founded in 1947, Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is the biggest and most liquid exchange in Pakistan. It was declared the “Best Performing Stock Market of the World for the year 2002”. A total of 654 companies were listed on December 8, 2009 with a market capitalization of Rs. 8.561 trillion (US$ 120.5 billion) having listed capital of Rs. 2805.873 billion (US$ 40.615 billion). The KSE-100 Index closed at 11,967 on May 16, 2011. Total market capitalisation of the KSE reached Rs 2.95 trillion (US$ 35 billion approximately) on July 30, 2011.
Business Trading
The exchange has pre-market sessions from 09:15am to 09:30am and normal trading sessions from 09:30am to 03:30pm.[2] The karachi stock exchange has undergone a considerable deal of downturn partly due to global financial crisis and partly on account of domestic troubles. It remained suspended in excess of 4 months and resumed normal trading only on December 15, 2008. The KSE 100 Index and KSE 30 Index after hitting the low around mid January has now rebounced and recovered 20-25% till March 12, 2009. By 30 July 2010 total market capitalisation of the KSE reached Rs2.95 trillion, approximately 35 billion dollars.
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 8, 2009, 652 companies were listed with the market capitalization of Rs. 2.561 trillion (US$ 30.5 Billion) having listed capital of Rs. 717.3 billion (US$ 12 billion). On December 26, 2007, the KSE-100 Index 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$523 Million. According to a research analyst in Pakistan, around 20pc of the total free float in KSE-30 Index is held by foreign participants.
Karachi stock exchange Board of Directors announced in 2007, their plans to construct a 40 story high rise KSE building, as a new direction for future investment.
The exchange began with the KSE-50 index. As the market grew a representative index was needed. On November 1, 1991 the KSE-100 was introduced and remains to this day the most generally accepted measure of the Exchange. KSE-100 index is used as a benchmark to compare prices overtime and companies with the highest market capitalization from each sector are selected and included in it to ensure full market representation.
In 1995, the need was felt for an all share index to reconfirm the KSE-100 and also to provide the basis of index trading in future. By August 29, 1995 the KSE-All Share Index was constructed which became operative on September 18, 1995.
At present, the KSE has four market indices (KMI-30, KSE-30, KSE-100 and KSE-All Share Index).
Kse Karachi Biography
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), is a stock exchange currently located at the Stock Exchange Building (SEB) on Stock Exchange Road, in the heart of Karachi's Business District, II Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is Pakistan's largest and one of the oldest stock exchange in South Asia by market capitalization, with many Pakistani consortium as well as overseas enterprises listings.
History
Founded in 1947, Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is the biggest and most liquid exchange in Pakistan. It was declared the “Best Performing Stock Market of the World for the year 2002”. A total of 654 companies were listed on December 8, 2009 with a market capitalization of Rs. 8.561 trillion (US$ 120.5 billion) having listed capital of Rs. 2805.873 billion (US$ 40.615 billion). The KSE-100 Index closed at 11,967 on May 16, 2011. Total market capitalisation of the KSE reached Rs 2.95 trillion (US$ 35 billion approximately) on July 30, 2011.
Business Trading
The exchange has pre-market sessions from 09:15am to 09:30am and normal trading sessions from 09:30am to 03:30pm.[2] The karachi stock exchange has undergone a considerable deal of downturn partly due to global financial crisis and partly on account of domestic troubles. It remained suspended in excess of 4 months and resumed normal trading only on December 15, 2008. The KSE 100 Index and KSE 30 Index after hitting the low around mid January has now rebounced and recovered 20-25% till March 12, 2009. By 30 July 2010 total market capitalisation of the KSE reached Rs2.95 trillion, approximately 35 billion dollars.
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 8, 2009, 652 companies were listed with the market capitalization of Rs. 2.561 trillion (US$ 30.5 Billion) having listed capital of Rs. 717.3 billion (US$ 12 billion). On December 26, 2007, the KSE-100 Index 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.
Karachi stock exchange Board of Directors announced in 2007, their plans to construct a 40 story high rise KSE building, as a new direction for future investment.
The exchange began with the KSE-50 index. As the market grew a representative index was needed. On November 1, 1991 the KSE-100 was introduced and remains to this day the most generally accepted measure of the Exchange. KSE-100 index is used as a benchmark to compare prices overtime and companies with the highest market capitalization from each sector are selected and included in it to ensure full market representation.
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. By August 29, 1995 the KSE-All Share Index was constructed which became operative on September 18, 1995.
At present, the KSE has four market indices (KMI-30, KSE-30, KSE-100 and KSE-All Share Index).
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