The Karachi Stock Exchange is a stock exchange
located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Founded in 1947, it is Pakistan's
largest & oldest stock exchange.
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 December 31, 2007, 654 companies were listed with the market capitalization of Rs. 4,329,909.79 billion (US $ 70.177) having listed capital of Rs. 671.269 billion (US $ 10.880 billion). The KSE 100 Index closed at 14075.83 on December 31, 2007.
KSE
has been well into the 6th 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.
