KARACHI (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) maintained its downward trend on Friday as investors focused on the upcoming federal budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year."
The stock market opened today with the index at 165,503.86, down 994.97 points (-0.6%) from yesterday’s close of 166,498.83.
During early trading, the index reached a high of 166,924.48 and a low of 165,502.58, with a total traded volume of 53.7 million shares.
A day earlier, KSE-100 index witnessed a bearish trend, losing 952.30 points, a negative change of 0.57 percent, closing at 166,498.84 points against 167,451.14 points on the last trading day, according to PSX data.
During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 706.019 million shares with a traded value of Rs 19.921 billion, compared to 684.901 million shares valuing Rs 21.740 billion in the previous session. The market capitalization declined to Rs18.475 trillion from Rs18.570 trillion a day earlier.
Out of 484 active companies in the ready market, 155 advanced, 293 declined, and 36 remained unchanged.