February 28, 2005 Assalam Aleikum, I apologize for the delay in mailing this newsletter. As you may have noticed, our system was unavailable this weekend. We're working to ensure that this does not happen again. The market has climbed to a new high with the KSE 100 index closing at 8,261.28 today (down 24.12 points from Friday's close). 89 stocks acheived their highest points and 6 stocks reached their lowest points ever in the past three years during the previous six trading days. Market Summary (Feb 21 - Feb 28) -------------------------------- Top Ten Gainers: Symbol | Name | Gain | Current --------+-----------------------------+----------+------------ NRL | National Refinery Ltd. | Rs 75.00 | Rs 430.00 ULEVER | Lever Brothers (Pak) Ltd. | Rs 58.00 | Rs 1,580.00 PPL | Pak Petroleum | Rs 45.45 | Rs 249.90 POL | Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. | Rs 32.00 | Rs 324.50 SITC | Sitara Chemical Ind. Ltd. | Rs 31.95 | Rs 156.95 ADMM | Artistic Denim Mills Ltd. | Rs 30.00 | Rs 315.00 PSO | Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. | Rs 26.65 | Rs 412.45 PRL | Pakistan Refinery Ltd. | Rs 26.60 | Rs 255.00 ZLFI | Zulfeqar Ind. | Rs 24.90 | Rs 138.00 ATRL | Attock Refinery Ltd. | Rs 23.50 | Rs 176.50 Top Ten Losers: Symbol | Name | Loss | Current --------+-------------------------------+----------+---------- MTL | Millat Tractors Ltd. | Rs 40.00 | Rs 235.00 INIL | International Ind. Ltd. | Rs 23.65 | Rs 161.35 FFC | Fauji Fertilizer Co. Ltd. | Rs 20.60 | Rs 154.40 GATM | Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 11.60 | Rs 78.40 BCML | Babri Cotton Mills Ltd. | Rs 9.50 | Rs 70.00 ALWIN | Allwin Engineering Ind. Ltd. | Rs 7.75 | Rs 62.25 GLPL | Gillette Pakistan Ltd. | Rs 7.50 | Rs 71.60 FNEL | First Nat.Equities | Rs 7.10 | Rs 44.00 CHCC | Cherat Cement Company Ltd. | Rs 7.00 | Rs 76.00 HUSS | Hussein Sugar Mills Ltd. | Rs 6.40 | Rs 50.55 Most Active Symbols: Symbol | Name | Shares Traded --------+------------------------------------+-------------- OGDC | Oil & Gas Dev.Co | 1,014,837,200 PTC | Pakistan Telecommunication Company | 674,903,500 NBP | National Bank | 348,350,800 SNGP | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd. | 305,081,700 PPTA | Pak PTA Ltd. | 246,512,000 FFBL | FAUJI FERT BIN | 203,936,000 PSO | Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. | 173,614,000 BOP | Bank Of Punjab Limited. | 168,874,500 POL | Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. | 163,164,900 DGKC | D. G. Khan Cement Co. Limited | 157,961,300 Most Active Futures: Symbol | Name | Shares Traded ----------+--------------------------------+-------------- PPL-FEB | Pak Petroleum | 263,704,000 PPL-MAR | Pak Petroleum | 202,070,000 OGDC-MAR | Oil & Gas Dev.Co | 158,652,000 PTC-MAR | Pakistan Telecommunication Co. | 97,910,000 PTC-FEB | Pakistan Telecommunication Co. | 90,269,500 OGDC-FEB | Oil & Gas Dev.Co | 77,627,500 NML-FEB | Nishat Mills Ltd. | 38,834,500 NML-MAR | Nishat Mills Ltd. | 36,666,500 NBP-MAR | National Bank | 30,726,000 DSFL-MAR | Dewan Salman Fibre Limited. | 30,296,500 PSO-MAR | Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. | 29,735,000 Highs This Week: Symbol | Name | High --------+------------------------------------------+---------- SIEM | Siemens Pakistan Engineering Co. Ltd. | Rs 699.00 NRL | National Refinery Ltd. | Rs 459.00 PSO | Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. | Rs 414.10 ADMM | Artistic Denim Mills Limited | Rs 349.90 POL | Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. | Rs 332.50 IGIC | International General Insurance Co. Ltd. | Rs 300.00 PRL | Pakistan Refinery Ltd. | Rs 275.00 PPL | Pak Petroleum | Rs 258.00 NCL | Nishat (Chunian) Limited. | Rs 202.20 PSEL | Pakistan Services Ltd. | Rs 197.65 ATRL | Attock Refinery Ltd. | Rs 197.35 FFC | Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited. | Rs 177.00 SITC | Sitara Chemical Industries Ltd. | Rs 156.95 PNSC | Pakistan National Shipping Corporation | Rs 150.00 MARI | Mari Gas Company Limited | Rs 148.00 NBP | National Bank | Rs 139.25 PICIC | Pakistan Ind. Credit and Investment Co | Rs 138.90 ZLFI | Zulfeqar Ind. | Rs 138.90 ENGRO | Engro Chemical (Pak) Limited | Rs 136.75 ACBL | Askari Commercial Bank Limited | Rs 124.00 OGDC | Oil & Gas Dev.Co | Rs 123.50 NML | Nishat Mills Ltd. | Rs 121.90 ICI | I.C.I Pakistan Ltd. | Rs 113.00 BATA | Bata Pakistan Ltd. | Rs 101.65 BOP | Bank Of Punjab Limited. | Rs 101.15 PMRS | Premier Sugar Mills and Distillery Co. | Rs 95.00 MCB | Muslim Commercial Bank Limited | Rs 88.50 SNGP | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd. | Rs 80.35 METBK | Metropolitan Bank Limited | Rs 78.90 PAKRI | Pak ReInsurance Co | Rs 78.90 SUTM | Sunrays Tetile Mills Ltd. | Rs 76.50 USML | United Sugar Mills Ltd. | Rs 75.00 PTC | Pakistan Telecommunication Company | Rs 71.50 PGF | PICIC Growth Fund | Rs 69.10 MICL | Muslim Insurance Co. Ltd. | Rs 65.55 BAHL | Bank AL-Habib Limited | Rs 64.40 FABL | Faysal Bank Limited | Rs 60.60 ECOP | ECOPACK Ltd. | Rs 58.40 LUCK | Lucky Cement Limited | Rs 56.50 UNBL | Union Bank Limited. | Rs 52.90 HWQS | Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited | Rs 52.10 ESSA | Essa Cement Industries Limited | Rs 48.35 HSPI | Huffaz Seamless Pipe Industries Ltd. | Rs 47.50 ICL | Ittehad Chem.Ltd | Rs 45.25 KTMLR | Kohi.Tex.(R) | Rs 43.25 UNBLR | Union Bank(R) | Rs 38.90 GAIL | Ghani Aut.Ind.L | Rs 35.45 EMCO | EMCO Industries Limited | Rs 35.05 SRVI | Service Ind. | Rs 35.00 PICP | Premier Insurance Co. of Pakistan Ltd. | Rs 34.20 FFBL | FAUJI FERT BIN | Rs 34.20 FSMLO | Frontier Sugar Mills and Distillery Ltd. | Rs 34.00 NIB | NDLC-IFIC Bank | Rs 33.00 BAFLR | Bank Al-Falah (R) | Rs 32.50 AGF | ABAMCO Growth | Rs 30.95 DWSM | Dewan Sugar Mills ltd. | Rs 30.50 DSFL | Dewan Salman Fibre Limited. | Rs 30.05 PRCBL | Prime Commercial Bank Limited | Rs 30.00 FECTC | Fecto Cement Limited | Rs 28.95 UICL | Union Insurance Co. of Pakistan Ltd. | Rs 28.10 QUAT | Quality Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 26.00 SAZEW | Sazgar Engineering Works Ltd. | Rs 23.15 SLCL | Security Leasing Corporation Limited | Rs 22.50 ADOS | Ados Pakistan Limited | Rs 22.40 FCCL | Fauji Cement Company Ltd. | Rs 21.80 CRESB | Crescent Board Mills Ltd. | Rs 17.95 PICTR | Pak Int Con(R)SPOT | Rs 13.95 COTT | (Colony) Thal Textile Mills Ltd | Rs 13.90 NLRL | Natover Lease Reli | Rs 13.55 BSML | Baig Spinning Mills Limited | Rs 13.50 HACC | Hashmi Can Company Ltd. | Rs 13.00 PCMF | Pak Cap. Mark.Fund | Rs 12.40 GLAT | Glomour Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 11.50 SERT | Service (Textile) Industries Ltd. | Rs 11.35 FFLM | First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba | Rs 11.00 PSAF | Pak Strategic Fund | Rs 10.40 MBF | Meezan Bal.Fund | Rs 10.00 ABCF | Abamco Com.Fund | Rs 9.70 COST | (Colony) Sarhad Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 9.45 KAKA | Kakakhel Industries Ltd. | Rs 9.00 DCM | Dawood Cap.Mana | Rs 8.50 THAS | Taha Spinning Mills Limited | Rs 8.25 SKRS | Sakrand Sugar Mills Ltd. | Rs 8.00 PNGRS | Pangrio Sugar Mills Ltd. | Rs 8.00 ZHCM | Zahoor Cotton Mills Limited | Rs 7.25 CSM | Cres. Stand.Mod | Rs 7.00 SHTM | Shahpur Textile Mills Limited. | Rs 6.00 PDGH | Prudential Discount Guarantee House Ltd. | Rs 3.75 Lows This Week: Symbol | Name | Low --------+-----------------------------------+--------- MLCFPS | Maple Leaf | Rs 0.05 NCMRPS | Nagina(RCPREF) | Rs 6.50 ATFF | Atlas Funds of Fun | Rs 9.55 SEPCO | Southern Electric Company Limited | Rs 10.75 IHFL | Int.Housing Fin. | Rs 12.00 MACFL | MACPAC Films | Rs 25.00 Yours sincerely, Dr Yasir Mahmood NOTE: You are receiving this message because you subscribed to our newsletter. We treasure our relationship with our customers, and we will never sell or share your email address or other personal details with any third party for commercial purposes. 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