Updated at: 2155 PST, Friday, September 17, 2010
KARACHI: Stocks prices at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) rose on Friday but in very thin trade as investors were cautious after killing of a politician belonging to Karachi's dominant party,Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), in London.
Imran Farooq, a founding member of the MQM party, the most influential in Karachi, was killed on Thursday but it was not clear if it was politically motivated.
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), benchmark 100-share index ended 0.36 percent, or 35.83 points, higher at10,052.97.
Turnover fell to 66.53 million shares, compared with 90.2million shares traded on Thursday.
Dealers said some investors bought shares at lower levelson attractive prices which supported the market. |
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