Morning Market Brief 14th Oct. 2021
Technical Overview
The Benchmark KSE100 index had continued its bearish journey after taking a correction on hourly chart during last trading session and completed its 61.8% expansion of that correction before day end. As of now index is being supported by a descending trend line therefore it's expected that it would try to start a slight recovery on intraday basis after a dip therefore buying on dip is recommended with strict stop loss. Initially it's expected that index would try to establish ground between 43,000pts-42,890pts from where long positions could be initiated with strict stop loss of 42,660pts and index would try to recover towards 43,500pts if it would succeed in establishing ground above this region where it would face strong resistance from a strong horizontal resistant region. while breakout above this region would call for 43,775pts and 43,900pts. Overall index would remain under pressure as long as its trading below 44,500pts.

Regional Markets
Oil rises on expectation high natural gas to drive switch for heating
Oil prices rose on Thursday, reversing previous losses, on expectations that high natural gas prices as winter approaches may drive a switch to oil to meet heating demand needs.Brent crude futures gained 28 cents, or 0.3%, to $83.46 a barrel at 0107 GMT after falling 0.3% on Wednesday.U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $80.66 a barrel, after dropping 0.3% the previous day."Investors bet that surging gas prices will encourage power generators to switch to oil as winter demand season is approaching," said Hiroyuki Kikukawa, general manager of research at Nissan Securities.
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Business News
Gov decides to restart third party audit of self declared co-generation captive power plants
The government has decided to restart the Third Party Audit of self declared co-generation Captive Power Plants (CPPAs) which had earlier refused to undertake the validation audit and will disconnect gas supply to the power plants whose co-generation is not confirmed.Out of 481 Captive Power Plants only 47 (approximately 10pc) have shown their willingness to pay the expenses for the audit and carrying the assessment, while the remaining 90 percent refused it, official source told The Nation.
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Govt working for revival of Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation, says Soomoro
Federal Minister for Privatisation, Mohammed mian Soomro on Wednesday has said that the government is earnestly working for the revival of Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation (PSMC) through the induction of capital and technology.He made these remarks while chairing a Privatisation progress review meeting in the Ministry. Federal Secretary Privatisation and other senior officials of the Ministry and Privatisation Commission attended the meeting.
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Two exploration blocks awarded to local firms in Punjab and Balochistan
The government on Wednesday awarded two exploration blocks to local oil and gas exploration and production companies in Punjab and Balochistan.The Petroleum Concession Agreements (PCAs) and Exploration Licences (ELs) for two blocks were signed by representatives of the participating companies, director general of petroleum concessions and secretary petroleum. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Energy Minister Mohammad Hammad Azhar.
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10-year tax holiday for oil refineries abolished
Following negotiations with the refining industry, the petroleum division has wiped out 10-year tax exemption protection, reduced government’s contribution to finance upgrades of existing oil refineries and enhanced compliance requirements.The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) led by Planning Minister Asad Umar had earlier approved an incentives package for modern refineries that also included 20-year tax holiday but had refused to allow such protections to existing refineries for refurbishment.
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