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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Singapore Asia Pacific World PAKISTAN - Market factors to watch - Feb 18 Reuters - Thursday, February 18 Send IM Story Print KARACHI, Feb 18 - Following is a list of events in Pakistan as well as news stories and press reports which may influence financial markets. (Reuters News welcomes your feedback and for any queries please contact Robert Birsel in Islamabad editorial on +92-51 281 0017 or via email at robert.birsel@thomsonreuters.com or on Reuters messaging robert.birsel.reuters.com@reuters.net) WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PAKISTAN, ALL TIMES LOCAL FOLLOWED BY GMT: (The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will cover the event) * State Bank of Pakistan to release weekly foreign exchange reserves data for the week that ended on Feb. 13. * Habib Bank Ltd <HBL.KA> to announce corporate results for the year ending on Dec. 31 on Friday. MARKET SNAPSHOTS * The rupee <PKR=> ended marginally firmer at 84.92/95 to the dollar on Wednesday compared with Tuesday's close of 85.00/05 but dealers said they expect the rupee to weaken. [PKR/] * The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark 100-share index <.KSE> ended one percent, or 97.41 points, higher at 9,876.09 on turnover of 148.13 million shares. * The net inflow of foreign portfolio investment in the stock market was was $6.1 million on Wednesday. [http://www.nccpl.com.pk/fipi-new/index.php] * Stronger-than-expected corporate results and upbeat economic data drove U.S. stocks higher on Wednesday as they fed expectations the recovery will bolster corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> added 40.43 points, or 0.39 percent, to 10,309.24. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> rose 4.64 points, or 0.42 percent, to 1,099.51. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> gained 12.10 points, or 0.55 percent, to 2,226.29. [.N] * U.S. crude futures edged down towards $77 a barrel on Thursday as the dollar held onto gains from the previous day, making commodities such as crude oil costlier for holders of other currencies. NYMEX crude for March delivery <CLc1> was down 26 cents at $77.07 a barrel by 0017 GMT, after settling up 32 cents on Wednesday. [O/R] * Gold prices fell on Thursday, squeezed after the U.S. dollar firmed on upbeat economic data and commodity-linked currencies slipped on news the IMF planned to sell more gold in the open market. Spot gold <XAU=> dropped about 1 percent on the news, dragging the Aussie <AUD=D4> and the New Zealand dollar <NZD=D4> along with it. By 0043 GMT, the precious metal was down 0.5 percent at $1,100.75 from New York's notional close of $1,106. [GOL/] * For global market news, click on [MKTS/GLOB] * To see announcements of Pakistan central bank's regular open market operations, please click on <SBPK09>. FOR A SPEED GUIDE ON PAKISTAN, CLICK ON <PAKISTAN> FOR A DIARY OF EVENTS IN PAKISTAN, SEE [PK/DIARY] FOR PAKISTAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS, CLICK ON [ECI/PK] FOR KARACHI INTERBANK RATES, SEE <KIBR> <KIBR01> FOR PAKISTAN OPEN MARKET CURRENCY RATES, CLICK ON [PKR/] FOR PAKISTAN COTTON RATES, SEE [COT/KAR] FOR PAKISTAN PORT ACTIVITY, CLICK ON [SHP/PK1][SHP/PK2] FOR KEY GLOBAL ECONOMIC NEWS, SEE [TOP/MACRO] FOR AN OUTLOOK OF ASIAN STOCK TRADING, CLICK ON [STXNEWS/AS] TOP NEWS ON ASIAN COMPANIES [TOP/EQA] FOR INTERNATIONAL FOREX NEWS, HIT [FXNEWS] FOR WHAT INVESTORS ARE SAYING ABOUT GLOBAL DEALS [DEALTALK/] GLOBAL STOCKS - BUY OR SELL? 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