Karachi Stock Exchange

The stock exchange of Pakistan

Karachi Stock Exchange is the biggest and most liquid exchange and has been declared as the “Best Performing Stock Market of the World for the year 2002”. As on March 31, 2006, 663 companies were listed with the market capitalization of Rs. 3,257.062 billion (US $ 54.28) having listed capital of Rs. 486.489 billion (US $ 8.11 billion). The KSE 100 Index closed at 11485.90 on March 31, 2006.

KSE has been well into the 4th year of being one of the Best Performing Markets of the world as declared by the international magazine “Business Week”. Similarly the US newspaper, USA Today, termed Karachi Stock Exchange as one of the best performing bourses in the world.

Karachi Stock Exchange is the biggest and most liquid exchange and has been declared the Best Performing Stock Market of the World for the year 2002. As on March 31, 2006, 663 companies were listed with A market capitalization of Rs. 3,257.062 billion (US $ 54.28) having listed capital of Rs. 486.489 billion (US $ 8.11 billion). The KSE 100 Index closed at 11485.90 on March 31, 2006.

KSE is well into the 4th year of being one of the Best Performing Markets of the world as declared by the international magazine “Business Week”. Similarly the USA newspaper, USA Today, termed Karachi Stock Exchange as one of the best performing bourses in the world.

Interesting to note that on google trends when you type in the term "stock exchange" the most popular place for typing the term stock exchnage is the city of Karachi.

Disputes between investors and members of the Exchange are resolved through deliberations of Arbitration Committee of the Exchange.

KSE began with a 50 shares index. As the market grew a representative index was needed. On November 1st, 91 the KSE-100 was introduced and remains to this day the most generally accepted measure of the Exchange. Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index (KSE-100 Index) is a benchmark used to compare prices overtime, companies with the highest market capitalization are selected. To ensure full market representation, the company with the highest market capitalization from each sector is also included.

In 95 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. On August the 29th, 95 the KSE all share index was constructed and introduced on September 18, 1995.

http://www.kse.com.pk/ official website of stock exchange

Karachi is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. It is located on the coast of the Arabian Sea in southeastern Pakistan, northwest of the Indus Delta. The city is the financial and commercial centre as well as the largest port of Pakistan. Population - Census (1998) 9,339,023, Estimate (2006) 11,969,284. Karachi is located in south Pakistan, directly north of the Arabian Sea. The city covers 3527 Square KMs. Karachi mostly comprises flat or rolling plains with hills on the western and northern boundaries of the urban sprawl. Two rivers pass through the city: the Malir River and the Lyari River.

Karachi is the financial capital of Pakistan. It accounts for a lion's share of Pakistan's GDP and generates about 65 per cent of the national revenue. Most of Pakistan's public and private banks have head offices in Karachi. Nearly all of these are located on I.I Chundrigar Road (the Karachi Wall Street) which is fast becoming home to the high rise headquarters of major corporations. The most notable of these are the Habib Bank Plaza, the tallest building in Pakistan before it was surpassed by Muslim Commercial Bank's MCB Tower. The Port of Karachi and nearby Port Qasim are the two main seaports of Pakistan, and Quaid-e-Azam International Airport is the largest airport in Pakistan.

Names for city of Karachi in different nations

Karatschi = German

Karaçi = Turkey

Karacio = Esperanto

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