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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 - Jan 4 Reuters - Monday, January 4 Send IM Story Print KARACHI, Jan 4 - 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, or michael.georgy@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) * Five young Americans detained in Pakistan after contacting militant groups through the Internet are expected to be charged for planning terrorist attacks. * President Asif Ali Zardari to lay the foundation stone for the Mohatta Palace Museum Cultural Complex in Karachi. MARKET SNAPSHOTS * In the currency market, the rupee closed at 84.23/84.33 versus the dollar on Saturday. Friday was a bank holiday. The rupee weakened 6.04 percent in 2009 year after losing 22.12 percent in 2008. * Pakistan's benchmark Karachi Stock Exchange 100-share index <.KSE> ended down 121.03 points, or 1.27 percent, at 9,386.92 in thin trade on Thursday. The market was closed on Friday due to security concerns. * The cut-off yield on Pakistan's benchmark 6-month treasury bills fell to 12.1009 percent at an auction on Wednesday from 12.2351 on Dec. 16, the central bank said. [ID:nSGE5BT07K] * The net inflow of foreign investment in the stock market was $1.8 million on Thursday. [http://www.nccpl.com.pk/fipi-new/index.php] * U.S. stocks ended 2009 on Thursday with their best gains since 2003, driven by optimism about the economy's recovery and a brighter outlook for profits. The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 23.5 percent for the year, while the Dow climbed 18.8 percent and the Nasdaq jumped 43.9 percent from its close on Dec. 31, 2008. [.N] * Oil rose toward $80 a barrel amid thin trading volumes on Monday, the first trading day of 2010, partly supported by news that Russia had halted oil supplies to Belarussian refineries. U.S. crude for February delivery <CLc1> rose 59 cents to $79.95 a barrel by 0121 GMT. London Brent crude <LCOc1> rose 61 cents to $78.54. [O/R] * Gold prices traded narrowly around $1,095 an ounce on Monday in a cautious start to the year after ending 2009 with their biggest absolute annual gain in three decades. Spot gold <XAU=> stood at $1,093.15 an ounce as of 0012 GMT, down 0.3 percent from New York's notional close of $1,096.35 after earlier rising to as high as $1,099.75. [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? [BUYSELL/] IN THE NEWS REUTERS PAKISTAN (Click on [PK-RTRS] > Roadside bomb kills former Pakistani minister [nSGE60201C] > New US air traveler screening focuses on 14 nations [nN03196395] > Boxing-Tight security as Pakistan hosts international event [nLDE60106D] > Pakistan govt under pressure after deadly attack [nSGE60101T] > SCENARIOS-What does new militant strategy mean for Pakistan? [nSGE60100Q] > Q+A-Who are Pakistan's insurgents and what are their aims? 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