Morning Market Brief 18th Dec. 2020
Technical Overview
The Benchmark KSE100 is moving in a bullish price channel on daily chart and had succeeded in closing above its major resistant region of 43,000pts during this week, mean while it had succeeded in penetration above its secondary resistant region of 43,700pts during last trading session. As of now hourly and daily momentum indicators are exhausting and a slight correction would be healthier to strengthen current bullish momentum. Overall sentiment have been changed towards bullish side but uncertainty would prevail until index would not succeed in closing above 44,200pts and closing above 44,200pts would call for 45,000pts and 45,500pts. But it's recommended to stay cautious because 61.8% of its last bullish correction would complete at 44,750pts therefore index remain in uncertain zone until it would not succeed in closing above this region, meanwhile there are still chances that index could start correction of its recent bullish rally anytime therefore it's recommended to post trailing stop loss on existing long positions and prefer day trading instead of short or mid-term until index could not normalize its bullish sentiment. While on flipside index have supportive region at 43,250pts and 42,800pts where strong horizontal supportive regions would try to support index against selling pressure.
Regional Markets
Asian stocks defy broader global rally, Brexit worries emerge
Asian stock fell slightly on Friday, failing to catch a broader global rally as the investor mood in the region shifted to broader caution about the economic outlook and as post-Brexit worries weighed.Australian S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.46% in early trading. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.01%. E-mini futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.01%. As the year draws to a close, markets have been swinging between broader optimism about COVID-19 vaccines and a global economic recovery and concerns about still rising infections. “We are in an environment now where bad news is good news because it means more stimulus,” said Sharon Zollner, chief economist at ANZ Research.
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Business News
Competition in gas supply prerequisite for better service, cheaper rates
The stakeholders were on the same page regarding the competitive gas market in Ogra’s hearing, saying that competition in the supply of gas is a pre-requisite for better service and cheaper rates. During a public hearing conducted by Ogra, it was noted that Energas and Tabeer Energy had applied to seek licence of sale and market of LNG. Both the applicants are also setting up LNG terminals in the private sector on their own risk. In hearing, the regulator raised several queries regarding documents of agreements from Energas which this is seeking a licence for sale and marketing of RLNG. The regulator questioned over contracts with LNG suppliers, customers, capacity allocation, the timeframe of imports, and volume of gas. Energas officials said that it would utilise the capacity of Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) in April.
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Key features of govt’s markup subsidy schemes highlighted
State Bank of Pakistan on Thursday organised an awareness session on “SBP Concessionary Finance and Markup Subsidy Schemes” at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. SBP Chief Manager Javaid Iqbal Marath and LCCI Senior Vice President Nasir Hameed Khan jointly chaired the session that was attended by Regional Sales Manager Home Finance of Faysal Bank Syed Mazhar Arslan and Regional Sales Manager Home Finance of JS Bank Khawaja Noman Ahmed and experts from different sectors of economy. The SBP officials threw light on various aspects of the Concessionary Finance and Markup Subsidy Schemes saying that in line with its vision of providing affordable housing to the masses, government has announced Markup Subsidy Facility for the construction and purchase of new houses.
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State Life Insurance Corporation, Bank Alfalah ink agreement
State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan and Bank Alfalah have signed an agreement to facilitate the State Life’s policyholders where they can easily deposit their due policy premiums and loan installments in any branch of the bank throughout the country. For the time being, this facility is available in Karachi and entire Baluchistan: soon it will be available in the entire country. State Life is the leading insurer in the country that extends the benefits of life insurance to all sections of society, especially to the more flourishing segments of the society spread in towns & villages throughout Pakistan. Its aim is to widen the area of operation of life insurance and making it available to as large a section of the population as possible.
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Engro Fertilizers becomes only company from Pakistan to win APEA
Engro Fertilizers Limited has been honoured with the prestigious Corporate Excellence Award at the Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards (APEA) 2020. Out of 16 nominations from all over Asia for Corporate Excellence Award in the manufacturing industry, Engro Fertilizers was selected as the first and the only company winner of the prestigious award from Pakistan. The award was presented to Engro Fertilizers after an in-depth analysis of the company’s business excellence, responsible business ethics, promising growth patterns and superior human resource management systems, that set it apart from other competitors.
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