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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 - May 12 Reuters - Wednesday, May 12 Send IM Story Print KARACHI, May 12 - 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.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) * Federal Bureau of Statistic to release monthly consumer price index for April on or soon after Wednesday. MARKET SNAPSHOTS * In the currency market, the rupee <PKR=> firmed to 83.88/94 to the dollar on Tuesday compared with Monday's close of 84.14/19 because of fewer import payments and also because exporters sold dollars. [PKR/] * Stocks ended lower because of selling by foreign investors following pressure in world markets. The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark 100-share index <.KSE> fell 0.77 percent, or 79.33 points, to end at 10,208.21 on turnover of 111 million shares. [.KA] * The net inflow of foreign portfolio investment in the stock market was $1.60 million on Tuesday. [http://www.nccpl.com.pk/fipi-new/index.php] * The Dow and the S&P 500 fell in a volatile session on Tuesday as fears that a $1 trillion bailout for Europe won't solve the region's deep-seated problems blunted an improving U.S. economic picture. The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dropped 36.88 points, or 0.34 percent, to end at 10,748.26. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> fell 3.94 points, or 0.34 percent, to 1,155.79. But the Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> edged up just 0.64 of a point, or 0.03 percent, to close at 2,375.31. [.N] * Oil fell for a second straight day on Wednesday to trade below $76 on mounting concern that emerging economies would fail to compensate for potential consumption declines triggered by Europe's debt crisis. U.S. crude for delivery in June <CLc1> tumbled 50 cents to $75.87 a barrel at 0229 GMT, trading almost $4.50 lower than front-month ICE Brent futures <LCOc1>, which slipped 17 cents to $80.32. [O/R] * Gold ticked lower on Wednesday but held near a lifetime high struck the previous day as investors bet the euro zone debt crisis could spread beyond Greece. Spot gold <XAU=> was at $1,227.50 an ounce by 0248 GMT, down $4.55 an ounce from New York's notional close on Tuesday, when safe haven buying helped it surpass December's record. [GOL/] * For global market news, click on [MKTS/GLOB] * To see announcements on 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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