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Main products
International
• Gold
• Silver
• Copper
• Crude oil
• Brent Crude oil
• Cotton
• Palm Olein
• FX Pairs (EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, CAD CHF)
Local
• Wheat
• Rice
• Sugar
• Red Chilli
• Paddy Rice
Market capitalisation
(USD)
Traded volume 2016:
USD 12,379,739,986
Exchange partnerships
MoU in place with:
• Borsa Istanbul
• Izmir Commodity Exchange
• Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange
• Iran Commodity Exchange
Memberships
• AFM
• FIA
Regulatory bodies
Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan
General market
information
Pakistan’s economy continued its growth momentum for the 3rd year in a row with real GDP growing
at 4.71 per cent in FY2015-16, highest in the last eight years.
Major achievements of the outgoing fiscal year included: significant economic growth, price stability,
improving tax collection, reducing fiscal deficit, worker remittances touching new high and foreign
exchange reserves touching historic high. The total investment recorded a growth of 5.78 per
cent in FY2015-16. The major inflow of Foreign Direct Investment was from US, Hong Kong, UK,
Switzerland and UAE. Oil and gas exploration, financial business, power, communications and
chemicals sectors remained focus of the foreign investors.
Pakistan entered a new era of equity trading after the merger of the operations of the three
stock exchanges i.e. Karachi Stock Exchange, Lahore Stock Exchange and Islamabad Stock
Exchange into a single entity Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) during the outgoing fiscal year.
Stock market witnessed an overall significant and steady rise with indices touching historic and
unprecedented levels.
Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited
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