About KSE

Posted on June 19, 2008

Karachi Stock Exchange is the biggest and most liquid exchange and has been declared as the “Best Performing Stock Market of the World for the year 2002”. As on May 30, 2008, 654 companies were listed with the market capitalization of Rs. 3,746.203 billion (US $ 56.334 billion) having listed capital of Rs. 705.873 billion (US $ 10.615 billion). The KSE 100 Index closed at 12130.51 on May 30, 2008.

KSE has been well into the 4th year of being one of the Best Performing Markets of the world as declared by the international magazine “Business Week”. Similarly the US newspaper, USA Today, termed Karachi Stock Exchange as one of the best performing bourses in the world.

The market performing during the period June 1998 to May 2008 is given under.