March 7, 2005 Assalam Aleikum, The KAPCO ballot results were announced on Saturday. Close to a quarter million blocks of 500 shares were allocated to subscribers. The released list of allotted shares can be found on our web site (details below). The market continued to rise this week and closed on Friday with the KSE 100 index up 295.97 points at 8792.70. For comparison purposes, it closed at 5106.67 a year ago. 50 stocks acheived their highest points and 9 stocks reached their lowest points ever during the previous week. Market Summary (Feb 28 - Mar 4) -------------------------------- Top Ten Gainers: Symbol | Name | Gain | Current --------+-----------------------------+----------+------------ PSO | Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. | 35.50 | Rs 436.50 UNBLR | Union Bank(R) | 21.75 | Rs 42.00 PPL | Pak PetroleumSPOT | 20.50 | Rs 270.00 SITC | Sitara Chemical Ind. Ltd. | 20.00 | Rs 166.00 OGDC | Oil & Gas Dev.Co | 18.35 | Rs 137.20 BOP | Bank Of Punjab Limited. | 17.75 | Rs 106.95 USML | United Sugar Mills Ltd. | 17.10 | Rs 87.10 POL | Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. | 16.70 | Rs 337.35 AGTL | AL-Ghazi Tractors Ltd. | 16.00 | Rs 191.00 NCL | Nishat (Chunian) Limited. | 13.20 | Rs 193.20 Top Ten Losers: Symbol | Name | Loss | Current --------+-------------------------------+----------+------------ ADMM | Artistic Denim Mills Limited | Rs 42.75 | Rs 287.25 NRL | National Refinery Ltd. | Rs 37.00 | Rs 405.00 PRL | Pakistan Refinery Ltd. | Rs 32.50 | Rs 227.50 ULEVER | Lever Brothers (Pakistan) Ltd.| Rs 20.00 | Rs 1,560.00 DAWH | Dawood Hercules Chemicals Ltd.| Rs 20.00 | Rs 200.00 PKGS | Packages Limited | Rs 17.90 | Rs 161.00 INIL | International Industries Ltd. | Rs 13.75 | Rs 155.75 ATLH | Atlas Honda Limited | Rs 13.00 | Rs 232.00 SAPT | Sapphire Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 11.00 | Rs 108.00 JOVC | Javed Omer Vohra and Co. Ltd. | Rs 10.50 | Rs 396.50 Most Active Symbols: Symbol | Name | Shares Traded --------+------------------------------------+-------------- PTC | Pakistan Telecommunication Company | 848,855,500 OGDC | Oil & Gas Dev.Co | 634,218,600 NBP | National Bank | 233,078,300 PSO | Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. | 194,885,000 BOP | Bank Of Punjab Limited. | 139,902,000 POL | Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. | 130,719,400 SNGP | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd. | 95,899,800 PPTA | Pak PTA Ltd. | 95,404,000 DGKC | D. G. Khan Cement Co. Limited | 94,862,300 FFBL | FAUJI FERT BIN | 84,404,000 Most Active Futures: Symbol | Name | Shares Traded ----------+--------------------------------+-------------- PPL-MAR | Pak Petroleum | 480,419,500 PTC-MAR | Pakistan Telecommunication Co. | 330,671,000 OGDC-MAR | Oil & Gas Dev.Co | 293,773,500 PSO-MAR | Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. | 67,768,500 NBP-MAR | National Bank | 52,772,000 POL-MAR | Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. | 49,589,500 BOP-MAR | Bank Of Punjab Limited. | 37,590,000 NML-MAR | Nishat Mills Ltd. | 37,243,500 SNGP-MAR | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd.| 32,620,500 FFBL-MAR | Fauji Fertilizer | 30,219,500 Highs This Week: Symbol | Name | High --------+------------------------------------------+---------- PSO | Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. | Rs 443.00 POL | Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. | Rs 346.00 PPL | Pak PetroleumSPOT | Rs 277.50 ABOT | Abbot Laboatories (Pakistan) Ltd. | Rs 210.00 SITC | Sitara Chemical Industries Ltd. | Rs 180.00 ZLFI | Zulfeqar Ind. | Rs 148.35 NBP | National Bank | Rs 145.50 NOPK | Noon Pakistan Ltd. | Rs 142.70 OGDC | Oil & Gas Dev.Co | Rs 137.20 ICI | I.C.I Pakistan Ltd. | Rs 118.80 BOP | Bank Of Punjab Limited. | Rs 107.00 DLL | Dawood Cotton Mills Ltd. | Rs 105.00 BATA | Bata Pakistan Ltd. | Rs 101.85 USML | United Sugar Mills Ltd. | Rs 87.10 METBK | Metropolitan Bank Limited | Rs 78.90 PAKRI | Pak ReInsurance Co | Rs 78.90 PTC | Pakistan Telecommunication Company | Rs 76.55 MICL | Muslim Insurance Co. Ltd. | Rs 72.00 PGF | PICIC Growth Fund | Rs 69.20 BAHL | Bank AL-Habib Limited | Rs 66.20 FABL | Faysal Bank Limited | Rs 63.80 COLT | Colony Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 58.90 LIBM | Liberty Mills Ltd. | Rs 58.30 HWQS | Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited | Rs 52.10 ICL | Ittehad Chem.Ltd | Rs 45.25 UNBLR | Union Bank(R) | Rs 42.00 GAIL | Ghani Aut.Ind.L | Rs 40.95 EMCO | EMCO Industries Limited | Rs 35.30 FSMLO | Frontier Sugar Mills and Distillery Ltd. | Rs 34.00 IBRL | Ibrahim Leasing Co. Limited | Rs 33.95 NIB | NDLC-IFIC Bank | Rs 33.00 CHTM | Chenab Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 31.00 DWSM | Dewan Sugar Mills ltd. | Rs 30.50 DSFL | Dewan Salman Fibre Limited. | Rs 30.05 QUAT | Quality Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 26.00 QUAT | Quality Textile Mills Ltd. | Rs 26.00 SAZEW | Sazgar Engineering Works Ltd. | Rs 24.90 RICL | Reliance Insurance Co. Ltd. | Rs 24.10 PIOC | Pioneer Cement Limited | Rs 23.30 DWAE | Dewan Auto Engg | Rs 22.75 SLCL | Security Leasing Corporation Limited | Rs 22.50 SLCL | Security Leasing Corporation Limited | Rs 22.50 CRESB | Crescent Board Mills Ltd. | Rs 21.50 ALQT | AL-Qadir Textile Mills Limited. | Rs 19.00 HMIM | Haji Mohammed Ismail Mills Limited | Rs 14.15 NMBL | Network Mic Bank | Rs 13.75 SERT | Service (Textile) Industries Ltd. | Rs 11.35 MBF | Meezan Bal.Fund | Rs 10.10 CARF | Caravan East Fabrics Limited | Rs 5.05 MLCFPS | Maple Leaf(Pref)R | Rs 0.10 Lows This Week: Symbol | Name | Low --------+-----------------------------------+--------- MLCFPS | Maple Leaf(Pref)R | Rs 0.05 ATFF | Atlas Funds of Fun | Rs 8.35 MBF | Meezan Bal.Fund | Rs 8.75 WCBL | WorldCall Broadban | Rs 9.25 SEPCO | Southern Electric Company Limited | Rs 9.65 MLCFR | Maple Cem(R)SPOT | Rs 11.10 IHFL | Int.Housing Fin. | Rs 11.45 MACFL | MACPAC Films | Rs 22.35 SCL | Shield Corporation Limited | Rs 45.00 Yours sincerely, Dr Yasir Mahmood NOTE: You are receiving this message because you subscribed to our newsletter. 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