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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 Weekend Edition Singapore Asia Pacific World Pakistan - Market factors to watch - Jan 21 Reuters - Friday, January 21 Send IM Story Print KARACHI, Jan 21 - 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 Chris Allbritton in Islamabad editorial on +92-51 281 0017 or via email at chris.allbritton@thomsonreuters.com or on Reuters messaging chris.allbritton@thomsonreuters.com) 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) * Pakistan Petroleum Ltd <PPL.KA> to announce quarterly financial results on Monday, Jan. 24. * State Bank of Pakistan to announce on Jan. 29 its monetary policy for the subsequent two months. MARKET SNAPSHOTS * The rupee <PKR=> ended weaker at 85.73/80 to the dollar on Thursday, compared with Wednesday's close of 85.68/73 because of rising international oil prices. * The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark 100-share index <.KSE> ended 1.32 percent, or 165.74 points, lower at 12,411.81. Turnover fell to 183.6 million shares from 188 million shares on Wednesday. * Foreign investors bought shares worth a net $2.25 million on Thursday. * U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as lackluster tech and materials earnings failed to live up to heightened expectations, threatening to short-circuit a seven-week run. The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dipped 2.49 points, or 0.02 percent, to 11,822.80. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> fell 1.66 points, or 0.13 percent, to 1,280.26. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> lost 21.07 points, or 0.77 percent, to 2,704.29. [.N] * U.S. crude futures stayed weak on Friday, a day after a sell-off amid an unexpected rise in U.S. crude stockpiles and worries that China might tighten monetary policy to fight inflation. NYMEX crude for March delivery <CLc1> was down 14 cents at $89.45 a barrel by 0029 GMT. [O/R] * Spot gold edged up on Friday, recovering from a decline of two percent in the previous session, as the rebound in the dollar continued to pressure prices after U.S. data showed the economy was on a steadier footing. Spot gold <XAU=> edged up 0.1 percent to $1,346.91 an ounce by 0030 GMT, after sliding to a two-month low of $1,342.65 in the previous session. [GOL/] * For global market news, click on [MKTS/GLOB] * To see announcements of the Pakistan central bank's regular open market operations, please click on <SBPK09>. FOR A SPEED GUIDE ON PAKISTAN, CLICK ON <PAKISTAN> FOR PAKISTAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS, CLICK ON [ECI/PK] 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 ECONOMIC FX RELATED NEWS, HIT [FXNEWS] FOR WHAT INVESTORS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEALS [DEALTALK/] STOCKS - BUY OR SELL? [BUYSELL/] IN THE NEWS REUTERS PAKISTAN (Click on [PK-RTRS] > U.S. adds Pakistani Taliban member to terrorism list [ID:nN20133002] > FEATURE-Raging inflation adds to Pakistan's long list of woes [ID:nSGE70I08C] > Hungary's MOL says two workers killed in Pakistan [ID:nLDE70J2AZ] > Chinese engineer shot in Pakistan's Karachi [ID:nSGE70J06Y] > Pakistan plans high-sulphur fuel oil import frm Kuwait [ID:nSGE70J07N] > INTERVIEW-Pakistan's Attock to upgrade refinery, boost gasoline output [ID:nL3E7CK0MQ] > Pakistan's forex reserves jump to record $17.28 bln [ID:nSGE70J0A3] > Pakistani stocks, o/n rates end down; rupee weakens [ID:nSGE70J09K] (For more Reuters coverage of Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/places/pakistan) Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Hu urges US to ease high-tech export restrictions AFP - 23 minutes ago TABLE-NIIT Oct-Dec net up 36 pct Reuters - 34 minutes ago US-BUSINESS Summary Reuters - 37 minutes ago Lenovo and NEC in talks to combine PC businesses: sources Reuters - 40 minutes ago HTC sees Q1 revenue, shipments more than double Reuters - 41 minutes ago News Search Top Stories Toshiba to build 'huge solar plant' in Bulgaria Redford opens 'shoestring' Sundance film fest Migraines don't damage brain: study Tunisia mourns victims of 'Jasmine Revolution' Boeing to cut 1,100 jobs in C-17 program More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Bedbugs resistant to pesticide, study finds Britain bans US pastor Jones for 'the public good' Climate change study had 'significant error': experts US, China ink $45 bln of export deals 2010 warmest ever year, says UN weather agency More Most Viewed » More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! 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