PSX Down Marginally Ahead of Next Year’s Budget

The benchmark KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) fell by just over 150 points on Thursday, the last trading day before the Eid holidays, to close just below the all-time high mark achieved yesterday. At close, the benchmark KSE-100 index was down 158 points or 0.10 percent to close at 121,641 points. A total of 854,617,208 shares were traded during the day as compared to 710,591,203 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs. 25.79 billion against Rs. 35.21 billion on the last trading day. As many as 477 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 216 of them recorded gains and 208 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 53 companies remained unchanged. The market will now open on June 10, 2025, the day the federal government is set to unveil the budget for the next fiscal year.