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Pakistan Stock Market & PSX
The Pakistan Stock Exchange, created from the merger of the Karachi and Islamabad exchanges, is Pakistan's only securities exchange, and its KSE-100 index is the country's benchmark for listed equities. Sessions are shaped by oil prices, the IMF programme, the rupee and regional conflict as much as by company results. This hub follows index closes and the reasons behind them, exchange notices, capital-market regulation and the corporate events that move the market.
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4 November 2026PSX KSE-100 jumps 3,995 points, closes above 172,000 on US midterm hopes
Pakistan's KSE-100 closed at 172,013.48 on 4 November 2026, up 3,994.62 points or 2.38 percent, as investors bought hopes of a less volatile US policy on Iran.
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Pakistan / Business & FinancePSX KSE-100 closes 814 points lower as oil rally and Gulf tensions drag benchmark
Pakistan's KSE-100 closed at 165,151.64 on 21 October 2026, down 814.44 points or 0.49 percent, as Brent crude hit a five-month high on Houthi attacks and Gulf vessel strikes.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePSX KSE-100 ends 1,964 points lower as political clamour drags trading
Pakistan's KSE-100 benchmark closed at 165,124.41 on 12 October 2026, down 1,964.86 points or 1.18 percent, as selling spread across banks, oil and gas and cement.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePSX KSE-100 ends 1,138 points lower despite IMF staff-level agreement
Pakistan's KSE-100 benchmark closed 1,138.5 points or 0.68 percent lower at 167,441.91 on 8 October 2026, reversing an early IMF-deal-driven rally as regional tensions returned.
Pakistan / Business & FinanceVEON raises Pakistan investment plan to $1.5bn as Aurangzeb courts foreign capital
VEON raised its planned Pakistan investment over three years to $1.5 billion from $1 billion, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said at a UNDP investment fair in Karachi.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePSX edges higher, snapping a three-session losing streak
The KSE-100 closed 0.09 per cent higher at 174,929.69 after a volatile session, as Middle East tensions and an oil-price rally kept investors cautious.
Pakistan / Business & FinanceKSE-100 plunges 6,408 points as Hormuz blockade rattles markets
Pakistan's benchmark index fell 3.56% to 173,518.81 on 14 July 2026 as the US reinstated a naval blockade of Iran and floated a toll on Strait of Hormuz cargo.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePSX snaps five-day rally as KSE-100 sheds 1,199 points
Pakistan's benchmark KSE-100 index fell 1,199 points to close at 186,255 on 7 July 2026 as investors locked in profits after a record-breaking five-day run.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePSX KSE-100 closes 1,778 points lower as selling pressure deepens
The benchmark KSE-100 ended Friday 8 May 2026 at 171,115, down 1,778 points, as cautious investors and weaker regional markets weighed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
Pakistan / Business & FinanceSitara Petroleum IPO oversubscribed seven times, raises $17.2m
Sitara Petroleum Service's book-building was oversubscribed seven times, raising up to Rs4.8 billion ($17.2 million) ahead of its listing on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePakistan capital market held up in Q3 despite war shock: SECP
The SECP's Q3 FY2026 review said the KSE-100 fell 14.54 per cent, but domestic buyers absorbed PKR 111.6 billion of foreign selling as the US-Iran war roiled markets.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePSX surges 14,000 points to all-time high after US-Iran ceasefire lifts Gulf markets
The KSE-100 closed 14,137.55 points higher at 165,811 on 8 April 2026, its biggest single-day gain ever, after the Pakistan-brokered US-Iran ceasefire.