Despite comparatively lower net income the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) registered at the completion of first half of the current fiscal year ended on December 31, 2006, Board of Management of PSO managed to announce first interim cash dividend at Rs6 per share, on Thursday, translating into a cash payout of Rs1.029 billion to its shareholders.
The issue of the removal of MA Lodhi, Managing Director of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) that ended up with his hard victory, has once again raised the question of transparency at the local bourse and sparked the tension between the SECP nominated non-members directors and KSE elected member directors on board.
The allegations that the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) nominated directors pinned on MD was that he was not performing his duties efficiently. They explained that the sitting MD earlier failed to manage the Callmate Telips Telecard Limited (CTTL) crisis that took place a couple of months back. It was not for the first time the issue like CTTL emerged at the local bourse, they explained.
Again, here’s my take on the news. I think the three more important ones, that directly pertain, hence affect, the Karachi stock exchange, are:
1. The release that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is to postpone the decision to levy Capital Gain Tax for the next year.
2. The Sindh Government’s decision to discontinue stamp duty on electronic transfer of shares. [This proposal was in the last budget (June 2006). The duty was Rs. 0.01 per share.]
3. The opposition and disfavor of the Public Accounts Committee toward the privatization of Pakistan State Oil (PSO).
After the index breaking the 9,900 level last month, started to rise gradually. When such a crash comes there is a level where short sellers start profit taking, so there is a slight change in the trend. Secondly the prices came on the lower level that they attracted the individuals to buy shares. As the future contracts for December were over and new month started so a fresh buying in Jan contracts was obvious. Another factor in my opinion which played the most vital role in supporting the index was the news that Prime Minister has postponed the decision to levy capital gain tax for next year. This made the institutions to come to the market for fresh purchasing. We saw that the index gained about 250 points in two days.
In the past two years we have seen some tremendous highs and lows in the stock market. Yet again we witness a major decline in the index. It all started in mid-December 2006, the causes being:
• Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) listing and undervalued sale of Global Deposit Receipts (GDRs);
• Selling in the banking sector due to acquisitions, and;
• Primarily, suspension of Callmate (CTTL) shares’ trading and the six times its pad up capital stuck in the continuous finance (CFS) and Badla market.
1. ACBL
2. BAFL
3. BOP
4. DGKC
5. DSFL
6. ENGRO
7. FABL
8. FCCL
9. FFBL
10. FFC
11. HUBC
12. KAPCO
13. KESC
14. LUCK
15. MCB
16. MLCF
17. NBP
18. NML
19. OGDC
20. PIAA
21. PICB
22. PICIC
23. POL
24. PPL
25. PPTA
26. PSO
27. PTC
28. SNGP
29. SSGC
30. TELE
31. AICL
32. CTTL
33. BOSI
34. NCL
35. ANL
36. PCCL
37. JOVC
38. DCL
39. TRG
40. WTL
41. SNBL
42. KOHC
43. PRCBL
44. STPL
45. SPCB
46. JSIB
47. NETRSOL
48. CHBL
49. Attock Refinery
50. Attock cement
51. AHSL
52. INDU
53. ICI
54. PRL
55. Cherat cement
56. Packages
57. PSMC
58. ABL
59. FNEL
60. Pak Electron
61. Bank Al habib
62. Millat Tractor
63. Pakistan Cable
64. KSE
65. BOC
66. THALL
67. SECURITY PAPER
68. APL
69. Ferzoz sons
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