PSX continues record rally, crosses 130,000 milestone
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The KSE-100 benchmark has gained 1923.35 points
KARACHI (Dunya News) – In a historic leap, the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index shattered previous records on Wednesday, closing at an all-time high of 130,344.03 points.
Continuing its bullish momentum, the index surged by 2,144.61 points—an impressive gain of 1.67 percent from the previous close of 128,199.43.
The latest milestone underscores growing optimism in the financial markets, as the PSX continues to attract both local and foreign interest amid signs of economic recovery.
A total of 1,026,117,776 shares were traded during the day as compared to 1,032,756,027 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 49.294 billion against Rs 44.008 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 473 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 256 of them recorded gains and 192 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 25 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 89,872,005 shares at Rs 1.61 per share, Bank of Punjab with 89,872,005 shares at Rs 11.54 per share and Kohinoor Spinning with 46,349,499 shares at Rs 6.12 per share.
PIA Holding Company LimitedB witnessed a maximum increase of Rs1,778.37 per share closing at Rs19,562.10 whereas runner-up was Khyber Textile Mills Limited with Rs111.75 rise in its share price to close at Rs1,486.16.
Bhanero Textile Mills Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 108.56 per share price, closing at Rs 977.06, whereas the runner-up was Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited with Rs 71.20 decline in its per share price to Rs 9,515.17.
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A day earlier, the 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend, gaining 2,572.11, a positive change of 2.05 percent, and closing at 128,199.43 points.
A total of 1,032,756,027 shares Rs 44.008 billion were traded during the day amid strong buying spree in the market.
As many as 479 had companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 233 of them recorded gains and 206 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 40 companies remained unchanged.
Headline inflation decelerates to 3.2 percent
The headline inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated 3.2 percent during June 2025 as compared to 3.5 percent recorded during May 2025, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Tuesday.
According to PBS data, the CPI based inflation during the same month of last year (April 2024) was recorded at 12.6%.
On month-on-month basis, it increased by 0.2% in June 2025 as compared to a decrease of 0.2% in the previous month and an increase of 0.5% in June 2024.
CPI inflation Urban, decreased to 3.0% on year-on-year (YoY) basis in June 2025 as compared to 3.5% of the previous month and 14.9% in June 2024. On month-on-month (MoM) basis, it remained stable at 0.1% in June 2025 as compared to 0.1% in the previous month and 0.6% in June 2024.
CPI inflation Rural, increased by 3.6% on year-on-year basis in June 2025 as compared to an increase of 3.4% in the previous month and 9.3% in June 2024. On month-on-month basis, it increased by 0.5% in June 2025 as compared to a decrease of 0.5% in the previous month and an increase of 0.3% in June 2024.
The Sensitive Price Indicator inflation on YoY decreased by 1.9% in June 2025 as compared to a decrease of 0.6% a month earlier and an increase of 16.6% in June 2024. On MoM basis, no change measured in June 2025 as compared to a decrease of 1.0% a month earlier and an increase of 1.3% in June 2024.
