KARACHI:
The Pakistan Inventory Alternate (PSX), until round noon, has witnessed a sluggish buying and selling session. The benchmark KSE-100 Index stood at 153,386.60, reflecting a achieve of 478.64 factors or 0.31% from the earlier shut of 152,907.96.
The index touched a excessive of 153,660.88 and a low of 151,457.94 through the session, with traded quantity reaching over 111 million shares and a complete worth exceeding Rs10.8 billion.
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Market standing is briefly suspended on account of Jumma prayers, although total buying and selling exercise remained strong with the change formally open.
The constructive motion comes after a extremely unstable week, together with a pointy decline of over 5,400 factors (3.41%) on March 26 to shut at 152,907.96, which adopted a powerful rebound of practically 4,347 factors (2.82%) on March 25.
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The KSE-100 index has proven vital swings in current classes amid profit-taking and broader financial components, but it continues to put up a year-over-year achieve of round 29% to 30% whereas remaining roughly 12% down year-to-date and effectively beneath its all-time excessive of about 191,033 factors hit in January 2026.
