Pakistan - Market factors to watch - Dec 28

KARACHI Dec 28 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events in Pakistan as well as news stories and press reports which may influence financial markets.

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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)

* State Bank of Pakistan to sell 15 billion rupees worth of treasury bills on Wednesday. For details click on SBPK11.

MARKET SNAPSHOTS

* The rupee PKR= ended firmer at 85.79/85 to the dollar on Monday, compared with Friday's close of 85.86/91 to the dollar amid lack of import payments but dealers said the local unit could come under pressure because of an increase in international oil prices. [PKR/]

* The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark 100-share index .KSE ended 0.43 percent, or 51.56 points, higher at 11,909.73.

Volume was 85.15 million shares, a one-month low. [.KA]

* Foreign investors sold shares worth a net $589,491 on Monday.

* Wall Street erased earlier losses and ended little changed on Monday as investors shrugged off a surprise weekend interest rate hike from China's central bank.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI settled down 20.73 points, or 0.18 percent, at 11,552.76. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was up 0.74 points, or 0.06 percent, at 1,257.51. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 4.25 points, or 0.16 percent, at 2,669.85. [.N] * U.S. crude futures were little changed on Tuesday in slow trade, near a 26-month high just below $92 per barrel hit a day earlier, underpinned by a snow storm in the U.S. northeast.

NYMEX crude for February delivery CLc1 was up 7 cents at $91.07 a barrel by 0031 GMT, after settling down 55 cents at $91 a day earlier. [O/R]

* Spot gold prices firmed on Tuesday as it was supported by a weaker dollar and buying interest in Asia, while investors hoped for a further rally in prices next year.

Spot gold XAU= gained 0.4 percent to $1,389.7 an ounce by 0251 GMT. U.S. gold futures GCG1 climbed 0.6 percent to $1,390.7. [GOL/]

* For global market news, click on [MKTS/GLOB]

* To see announcements of the Pakistan central bank's regular open market operations, please click on SBPK09.

FOR A SPEED GUIDE ON PAKISTAN, CLICK ON PAKISTAN

FOR PAKISTAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS, CLICK ON [ECI/PK]

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 ECONOMIC FX RELATED NEWS, HIT [FXNEWS]

FOR WHAT INVESTORS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEALS [DEALTALK/]

STOCKS - BUY OR SELL? [BUYSELL/]

IN THE NEWS REUTERS PAKISTAN (Click on [PK-RTRS]

> Pakistan regional party says ministers to quit [ID:nLDE6BQ13M]

> IMF extends Pakistan loan as economic reforms drag [ID:nN27232019]

> Pakistani stocks, o/n rates end up; rupee firms [ID:nSGE6BQ05Q]

> FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Dec 27 [ID:nSGE6BQ021] (Reporting by Karachi Newsroom) (For more Reuters coverage of Pakistan, see: here)