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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 - April 8 Reuters - Thursday, April 8 Send IM Story Print KARACHI, April 8 - 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) * Parliament continues debate on constitutional amendments. * Reuters poll on inflation for March due to be released today. * Weekly foreign exchange reserves for the week ending April 3 to be released today. * Inflation for March due to be released Friday or soon after. * Remittances data for March due to be released by the State Bank of Pakistan Friday or soon after. MARKET SNAPSHOTS * In the currency market, the rupee firmed to close at 83.45/55 to the dollar compared with 84.88/91 on Tuesday amid lower import demand and dollar selling by exporters. [PKR/] * The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark 100-share index <.KSE> ended 0.99 percent, or 103.19 points, higher at 10,523.01. It was the highest close for the KSE-100 since Aug. 20, 2008, when it ended at 10,525.99. The index touched an intraday high of 10,552.70 points. Volume rose to 299.5 million shares from 244.07 million traded on Tuesday. [.KA] * The net inflow of foreign portfolio investment in the stock market was $5.87 million on Wednesday. [http://www.nccpl.com.pk/fipi-new/index.php] * U.S. stocks fell in a broad late-day drop on Wednesday after a top Federal Reserve official said interest rates should not stay low for much longer, giving investors an excuse to take profits. The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 72.47 points, or 0.66 percent, to 10,897.52. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> slipped 6.99 points, or 0.59 percent, to 1,182.45. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> lost 5.65 points, or 0.23 percent, to 2,431.16. [.N] * Oil declined for a second day Thursday to trade below $86 as a stronger dollar and soaring U.S. crude stockpiles took the steam out of the year's sharpest rally so far. Front-month U.S crude <CLc1> climbed almost 9 percent in six sessions, before changing direction on Wednesday. Prices on Thursday fell 10 cents to $85.78 a barrel by 0306 GMT, while London ICE Brent <LCOc1> slid 9 cents to $85.50, pulled lower by the tenth consecutive weekly gain in U.S. crude supplies. [O/R] * Gold inched up on Thursday after rising to its highest in nearly three month the previous day despite a falling euro, while platinum group metals were mostly firm after a rally. Spot gold <XAU=> was at $1,148.75 an ounce by 0021 GMT, up $1.75 from New York's notional close on Wednesday, when it rose as high as $1,152.75 an ounce, its strongest since mid-January, on worries about Greece's fiscal problems. [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? [BUYSELL/] IN THE NEWS REUTERS PAKISTAN (Click on [PK-RTRS] > Blast in Islamabad, no casualties - police [ID:nSGE6360LA] > TABLE- Pakistani government T-bill yields [ID:nSGE6360HH] > Pakistani stocks up; rupee firms, o/n rates flat [ID:nSGE6360G7] > FACTBOX-What is Pakistan doing to meet a sugar shortage? [ID:nSGE63609M] > Pakistan cancels sugar contract with Sadan [ID:nSGE636051] > Loyalist Pakistan PM's powers about to multiply [ID:nSGE636098] > Bolstered Pakistan PM a 'firefighter' [ID:nSGE6360C0] > Pakistan eyes 4 pct GDP growth next year - officials [nSGE6350B9] > FACTBOX-Constitutional shakeup in Pakistan [nSGE6350A3] (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan) Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Geithner to visit Beijing amid currency dispute AP - 8 minutes ago Oil hovers below $86 as 2-month rally stalls AP - 14 minutes ago US, Japan resume talks on easing beef imports AP - 20 minutes ago MONEY MARKETS-Australian swaps ease but rate view intact Reuters - 25 minutes ago Essar to consider Shell refinery buy in May or June Reuters - 31 minutes ago News Search Top Stories BA, Iberia sign merger deal: joint statement Greek crisis to overshadow ECB policy meeting United and US Airways in merger talks: report Chance of major hurricane hit in US, Caribbean high: forecast GM posts $4.3 billion loss for post-bankruptcy 2009 More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy split -- via Twitter Astronomers solve enigma of eclipsing star Car giants eye profits in new tie-up IMF experts in Athens as crisis hits euro Spread dread for Greece as debt confusion roils investors More Most Viewed » 'Rare' fossil of new dinosaur species found in US Hollywood stars help prevent suicide after Twitter alert Junkies and junk-food addicts share craving mechanism Toad is a telltale for impending quakes: scientists More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! 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