Summary PSX continued falling amid stalled US-Iran talks, with KSE-100 dropping 2,500+ points to 166,380. Asian markets were mixed: Nikkei +0.64%, Jakarta -2.16%, Shanghai -0.58%.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its downward trend on the final day of the trading week amid stalled talks between the US and Iran.
During the intraday trading, the KSE-100 saw a drop of over 2,500 points, bringing the index to 166,380 points.
On the previous trading day, the benchmark index had closed at 169,173 points, down 2,405 points.
Meanwhile, Asian stock markets showed mixed performance. Japan’s Nikkei index rose 0.64 percent, while Malaysia’s FTSE Bursa index gained 0.66 percent.
In contrast, Indonesia’s Jakarta Composite index fell by 2.16 percent, China’s Shanghai Composite index declined 0.58 percent, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index recorded a 0.20 percent drop.
