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Oil & Gas Exploration Stocks
4 listed companies on the Pakistan Stock Exchange — what drives them, how they did today, and how they compare.
As of closeSource: Pakistan Stock ExchangeEnd-of-day figures, not a live trading feed
Sector today Sector moveThe sector's average price change today across its listed companies. Read it next to breadth — how many of those companies actually rose and fell. Glossary
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In plain English
What drives Oil & Gas Exploration on the PSX
Exploration and production companies find and extract hydrocarbons. Their revenue follows international oil and gas prices and the rupee, while their costs are largely fixed, so profits swing far more than prices do. Pakistan's E&P companies are also structurally exposed to circular debt: they book revenue they may not be paid in cash for a long time.
What to watch
- International crude prices and the rupee-dollar rate — most pricing is dollar-linked.
- Circular debt — receivables can build up materially, so reported profit and actual cash collected diverge.
- Reserve replacement — production declines unless new discoveries replace what is extracted.
- Security and access in frontier exploration areas.
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Oil & Gas Exploration at a glance
The sector's size, its typical valuation and today's breadth.
- Companies
- 4
- Combined market cap Market capitalisationShare price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding — what the market says the whole company is worth. Use it, not the share price, to compare the size of two businesses. Glossary
- Rs 2,853.7B 15.4% of the market
- Median P/E Median P/EThe middle P/E among a sector's profitable companies: half are cheaper, half dearer. Unlike an average, one extreme company cannot drag it. Glossary
- 6.0
- Median dividend yield Median dividend yieldThe middle dividend yield among a sector's dividend payers. Companies that paid nothing are left out, so it describes a typical payer, not the whole sector. Glossary
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- Breadth today Market breadthHow many stocks rose (advancers) against how many fell (decliners). An index rising while most stocks fall means a few heavyweights are carrying it. Glossary
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What this means: Broad strength — most of the sector's companies rose.
Best performers today
Worst performers today
All Oil & Gas Exploration shares
Largest first by market value. Tap a heading to sort.
| Signal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGDCOil & Gas Development Company Limited | 306.21 | ▲ +0.83% | Rs 1,317.0B | 5.4 | — | Neutral |
| MARIMari Energies Limited | 636.22 | ▲ +1.03% | Rs 763.9B | 8.8 | — | Neutral |
| PPLPakistan Petroleum Limited | 215.52 | ▲ +0.20% | Rs 586.4B | 6.0 | — | Strongly bearish |
| POLPakistan Oilfields Limited | 656.66 | ▼ −0.59% | Rs 186.4B | 5.4 | — | Strongly bearish |
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