KARACHI
\nThe Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish session on Friday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index closing in negative territory for the day. The index settled at 151,707.51, down 1,200.45 points, or 0.79%, from the previous close of 152,907.96.
\nThe index traded in a range, hitting an intraday high of 153,660.88 and a low of 151,457.94. Total trading volume stood at approximately 235 million shares, with a market value of around Rs23.9 billion.
\nAccording to Ismail Iqbal Securities\u2019 daily roundup, the benchmark index \u201cclosed in negative territory,\u201d reflecting continued selling pressure across the board. This comes after a volatile week for the market, where the index faced multiple sessions of sharp swings and profit-booking.
\nMarket participants cited ongoing profit-taking, cautious investor sentiment, and broader economic considerations as key factors behind the decline. No major positive triggers emerged to support the market during the session, with the broader market breadth remaining tilted toward decliners.
\nIsmail Iqbal Securities noted investors continue to monitor macroeconomic indicators, including inflation data (with the Sensitive Price Index showing a weekly uptick of whopping 8.24% year-on-year) and global commodity trends.
\nThe market will now look ahead to next week\u2019s developments for fresh direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish session on Friday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index closing in negative territory for the day. The index settled at 151,707.51, down 1,200.45 points, or 0.79%, from the previous close of 152,907.96. The index traded in a range, hitting an intraday high of 153,660.88 and a low …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95558,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95543\/revisions\/95558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}