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PPL Special Dividend
2011-06-21 23:21:00 Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. announced a special dividend of 50% cash yesterday ahead of its year end results in July. It also paid out Rs.10.50 as a special dividend in June 2008 and its payout for 2010-11 is 100% cash so far. More About: Dividends , Special
Pakistan Stock Exchange Proposes Tax Change to Boost Volumes
2011-06-18 15:41:00 The Karachi Stock Exchange asked Pakistan ’s tax agency to amend the way levies on shares are collected in a bid to bring individual investors back to a market where trading volumes have halved in the past year.The capital gains tax is “so cumbersome for the average investor that they are completely flabbergasted,” Nadeem Naqvi,managing director ... More About: Change
PPL Board Meeting
2011-06-16 22:18:00 Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. has announced a board meeting on the 21st to announce a special dividend. More About: Board Meetings , Board
Four power producers invoke sovereign guarantees
2011-06-16 18:07:00 Four independent power producers (IPPs) have invoked sovereign guarantees after a notice issued to the state-run power company,Pepco, a month ago for payment of outstanding dues failed to resolve the issue,…The four IPPs – Nishat Chunian, Nishat Power ,Liberty and Atlas Power – issued a notification on May 13, seeking payment of overdue amount from the ...
Pakistan Stock Exchange Volume May Rise If Tax Ends
2011-05-25 13:37:00 Trading volumes at the Karachi Stock Exchange , that have halved since a new tax was introduced last year, may improve if the government exempts small investors from the levy in its June 3rd budget,…. “The government needs to relook at the entire spectrum of taxation,”…“If transactions are not going to take place, no matter what ... More About: Pakistan
SBP leaves key policy rate unchanged at 14pc
2011-05-21 12:33:00 As expected the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to leave its key policy rate unchanged at 14 percent for the next two months. More About: Monetary Policy , Policy
Is the Pakistan market closed ?
2011-05-17 21:28:00 Pakistan’s once vibrant and actively traded Karachi bourse that used to trade Rs40bn a day in cash, (Rs28bn) and single stock futures (Rs12bn) on an average, is on the verge of loosing its once famous slogan of the most liquid market of Asia. This Rs40bn a day was an ‘average’ of four years during 2005 ... More About: Market , Pakistan
ICI Pakistan split approved
2011-05-12 09:43:00 ICI Pakistan Limited’s board of directors approved the demerger of the company into two separate entities on Wednesday.AkzoNobel, the holding company of ICI Pakistan, in a proposal last week envisaged to keep the paints business whileICI Pakistan will keep rest of the portfolios including production of chemicals and soda ash.AkzoNobel – a Fortune 500 company ...
Results / Dividends for April 2011
2011-04-15 12:30:00 HBL : EPS : 4.95 LUCKY : EPS : 7.65 NRL : EPS : 60.60 PKGS : EPS : 1.50 POL :EPS : 33.14 APL : EPS : 39.83 ATRL : EPS : 22.87 HUBCO : EPS : 3.70 SHEL : EPS : 11.07 PRL : EPS : 1.54 FFBL : 12.5% CASH : EPS : 1.67 NPL : EPS : 5.16 DGKC : EPS ... More About: April , Results , Dividends
Comment Spam
2011-04-12 12:16:00 I am receiving a lot of comment spam lately and will now be listing the websites from whom the spammy comments are posted. It’s incredible that they think I will post their irrelevant fucking bullshit comments ! OPTIONTIPS.IN SHARETIPSINFO.COM NIRMANBROKING.COM LIVESHARETIPS.COM shwanmartin@gmail.com. A spammer using a multitude of websites. More About: Spam , Comment
Board Meetings for April 2011
2011-04-03 19:36:00 HBL : 15TH LUCKY : 16TH NRL : 18TH PKGS : 19TH POL : APL : ATRL : HUBCO SHEL : PRL :20TH FFBL : 25TH NPL : DGKC : DAWH : AHL : MCB : 26TH NBP : LOTPTA : SSGC : SNGP : 27TH OGDC : ICI : 28TH PSO : FFC : 29TH PPL : More About: Board Meetings , April , Board , Meetings
Fertiliser sales rise five per cent in February
2011-03-29 03:43:00 The fertiliser sector recorded a sales growth of five per cent in February, compared with a month earlier, as demand stayed strong despite an increase in prices of the commodity.Sales of urea, a type of fertiliser, rose by five per cent, indicating that the price increase of Rs190 per bag in December 2010 was being ... More About: Cent , Fertilizer
Lotte Pakistan plans to increase plant capacity
2011-03-26 17:21:00 Lotte Pakistan PTA, the sole maker of pure terephthalic acid (PTA), is planning to increase its plant capacity to 1.3 million tons from the current 800,000 tons,…However, this depends on the custom tariffs for which the management is in discussion with the government….Industry demand for PTA, which is used in making polyester staple fibre, in ... More About: Plans
SBP leaves policy rate unchanged at 14pc
2011-03-26 16:50:00 The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) left its key policy rate unchanged at 14 percent for the next two months because of a smaller current account deficit and lower government borrowing,… "Given a favourable external current account position and relatively disciplined government borrowings from the SBP, the immediate risks to macroeconomic stability seem to have ... More About: Monetary Policy , Policy
Adamjee Insurance profit tumbles 79 per cent
2011-03-24 22:23:00 Adamjee Insurance Company Limited’s net profit fell a massive 79 per cent to Rs779 million in 2010, compared with Rs2.4 billion in the preceding year. AICL underperformed due to its declining investment income and higher claims in its core portfolio, ….The country’s largest insurance company announced a final cash dividend of Rs1.5 per share along ... More About: Profit , Cent , Dividends
Margin financing to commence from March 14th
2011-03-06 13:52:00 After months of long-drawn deliberations, investors at local bourses will finally have a leverage product at their disposal….“Investors will be able to avail the software to access financing for their share of purchases from March 14th,…March 14th will be the first day with MTS fully implemented and functional at all the three stock exchanges of ... More About: Financing , Margin
SSGC Result
2011-03-01 14:51:00 Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) announced a net profit of Rs 2,113 million for the half year ended December 31, 2010,an increase of Rs 1,894 million compared with a net profit of Rs 219 million for the six months corresponding period last year.As a result, the earning per shares (EPS) improved by Rs 2.26 to ... More About: Dividends
Results / Dividends for March 2011
2011-03-01 12:06:00 NBP : 75% CASH + 25% BONUS : EPS : 13.05 SHELL : 80% CASH : EPS : 23.59 More About: Results , Dividends , March
Board Meetings for January 2011
2011-01-04 20:26:00 FATIMA : 20th PPL : 24th FFBL : 25th ATRL : 27th APL : 28th More About: Board Meetings , Board , January , Meetings
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2010-12-06 22:42:00 For what it is worth, this is the 1000th post on this blog ! News : Pakistan’s biggest listed firm, the Oil and Gas Development Co Ltd (OGDCL) announced it would make a joint bid for BP’s assets in Pakistan with Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL). BP announced its plans to sell its ...
Results / Dividends for October 2010
2010-10-19 08:50:00 PPL : EPS - 6.52 PRL : EPS - (0.69) FFBL : 12.5% CASH - EPS : 3.14 PSO : EPS : 4.72 LUCK : EPS : 2.25 SHEL : EPS : (0.17) PKGS : EPS : 1.46 FATIMA : EPS : (0.06) SNGP : 20% CASH - EPS : 4.65 KAPCO : EPS : 2.31 AHSL : EPS : 1.36 AHL : EPS ... More About: Results , Dividends
Board Meetings for October 2010
2010-10-07 02:00:00 PPL : 19th PRL : 20th FFBL : 21st PSO LUCK SHEL : 22nd PKGS FATIMA KAPCO : 25th SNGP AHSL AHL ICI : 26th MCB OGDC HUBCO : 27TH NRL HBL DGKC ACPL FFC : 28TH ENGRO POL 4 P.M. APL : 3 P.M. SSGC AICL UBL NBP : 29th More About: Board Meetings , Board , Meetings
Results / Dividends for September 2010
2010-09-30 22:26:00 KAPCO : 27.5% CASH - EPS: 5.78 NML : 25% CASH - EPS : 10.50 DGKC : EPS: 0.72 APL : 200% CASH + 20% Bonus - EPS : 62.40 NRL : 200% CASH - EPS : 41.08 ACPL : 32.5% CASH - EPS : 11.74 SSGC : 15% CASH + 25% BONUS - EPS : 6.55 POL : 175% ... More About: Results , Dividends
50bps policy rate hike
2010-09-29 11:51:00 The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to raise its policy rate by 50 basis points to 13.5 percent with effect from Sept. 30, 2010. The SBP’s Central Board of Directors in its meeting here on Wednesday took this decision….The monetary policy stance is formed by the consideration that the impact of ... More About: Policy
Board Meetings for September 2010
2010-08-31 20:38:00 KAPCO : 1st NML : 9th DGKC : 17th APL : 29th NRL : 29th POL : 30th ACPL : 30th SSGC : 30th More About: Board Meetings , Board , Meetings
Results / Dividends for August 2010
2010-08-05 20:46:00 MCB : 30% Cash - EPS: 10.45 PPL : 50% Cash + 20% Bonus - EPS : 23.42 PSO: 50% Cash - EPS : 52.76 HUBCO : 25% Cash - EPS : 4.74 LUCK : 40% Cash - EPS : 9.76 AHSL : 30% Bonus of Fatima Fertilizer Shares - EPS : 10.13 OGDC : 15% Cash - EPS : ... More About: Results , Dividends
Board Meetings for August 2010
2010-08-03 00:39:00 MCB : 5TH PPL : 6TH PSO HUBCO : 9TH LUCKY : 10TH AHSL : 11TH - 4pm OGDC : 12TH ABL SHELL : 17TH AHL : 20th - 10am PKGS : 23TH NBP : 24th FATIMA PRL : 25TH AICL : ICI : 26TH PTC : INDUS MOTORS : 27TH More About: Board Meetings , Board , Meetings
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2010-08-02 23:15:00 ( The garish graph above is from KSE’s latest offering, maintaining their consistence in terribly designed websites !!) The market shot up in the 2nd half on Friday to close above 10,500. Shortly afterwards the SBP announced a rate hike of 0.5bps which was unexpected. As a result, the market opened right down this morning ...
Results / Dividends for July 2010
2010-07-27 11:20:00 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim : 13% Cash : EPS : 1.84 Engro Corporation Ltd. : 20% Cash : EPS : 10.87 Habib Bank Ltd : EPS : 7.41 Fauji Fertilizer Co. Ltd : 35% Cash : EPS : 7.52 United Bank Ltd : 10% Cash : EPS : 4.22 More About: Results , Dividends
Board Meetings for July 2010
More articles from this author:2010-07-22 08:42:00 Fauji Fertilzer Bin Qasim : FFBL : 27th July Habib Bank Ltd : HBL : 28th July Engro Corporation : ENGRO Fauji Fertilizer Co. Ltd : FFC : 29th July United Bank Ltd : UBL More About: Board Meetings , Board , Meetings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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