PSX Update — Ek Nazar Mein
KSE-100 close: 166,634.32 (Monday 2 November 2026, market close)
Change: up 225.07 points (+0.14%)
Previous close: 166,409.25 (Friday 30 October 2026)
Day's range: high 166,989.76, low 165,585.42
Note: market-close update — Monday's session is over
The Pakistan Stock Exchange turned a weak day around in the afternoon on Monday, 2 November 2026, with the benchmark KSE-100 index closing at 166,634.32 points, up 225.07 points, or 0.14%, from Friday's close of 166,409.25.
The recovery was sharp. The index had spent most of the day in negative territory, sliding more than 800 points at one stage to an intraday low of 165,585.42, and it was still down 750 points at 12:40 PM. Buying returned in the afternoon session, helped by falling global oil prices and renewed diplomatic efforts to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, and by 1:50 PM the index had already climbed back to 166,734.58, up 325 points. It held most of that recovery into the close, touching a day's high of 166,989.76.
Breadth stayed negative even as the index rose, with 191 shares advancing, 298 declining and 31 unchanged — a sign that a few heavyweight stocks carried the benchmark higher. Leasing companies were the strongest sector on average, while refineries were the weakest. Total traded value for the day was about Rs 21.07 billion.
The turnaround follows a strong previous week, when the index snapped a five-week losing streak by gaining 4,034.37 points, or 2.5% week-on-week, to close at 166,409.25 on Friday. October as a whole, however, had been a losing month, with the index shedding 3,560 points, or 2.09%.
International markets were steadier on Monday. Asian shares largely held their ground as investors hoped for relief from major US company earnings later in the day, while oil prices slipped more than 3% — Brent crude fell $3.43 to about $110 a barrel and US crude fell $3.50 to about $100.62 — after a third straight day of talks between Iranian and Qatari officials. In India, the Sensex had opened strongly, surging over 700 points, and the Nifty 50 opened 0.73% higher. In the United States, Friday's session had closed sharply lower — the S&P 500 fell 1.82% to 7,580.07 and the Nasdaq dropped 2.86% to 25,437.00.
This update is for information only and is not investment advice.
Aaj, 2 November 2026 (Monday) market band hone par KSE-100 index 166,634.32 par band hua, jo Juma ke 166,409.25 ke muqable mein 225 points (0.14%) zyada hai. Din ke doran index 165,585 tak girne ke baad dopahar mein bahaal hua.
Figures are the verified market-close figures at the time of writing; check the live index before making any decision, as prices move during trading.
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