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PSX Update — Ek Nazar Mein
KSE-100: 173,355.05 (10:40 AM, Friday 6 November 2026)
Change: -2,024.81 points (-1.15%)
Previous close: 175,379.86 (Thursday 5 November 2026)
Day's high so far: 174,329.76
Day's low so far: 172,809.89
Note: Morning snapshot — market still open, this is not the final close.
After four straight strong sessions that carried the index past the 175,000 mark, selling returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Friday morning as investors moved to lock in recent gains. The benchmark KSE-100 index dropped more than 2,000 points in early trade, slipping to 173,355.05 by 10:40 AM after touching an intraday low of 172,809.89.
Thursday's session had closed at 175,379.87, up 3,366.38 points, with the index reaching an intraday high of 176,604.52 during the day. The pullback follows a week in which the market climbed sharply on easing oil prices and hopes of lower geopolitical tensions, and Friday's retreat looks like a bout of profit-taking after that strong run.
The slide at the PSX mirrors a sharp selloff in global markets. US stocks fell heavily on Thursday, with the Nasdaq down 5.52% — its worst day in 19 months — the S&P 500 down 4.36% and the Dow down 3.44%, as worries over stretched valuations in artificial intelligence and technology shares hit the market. Asian markets tumbled on Friday, with South Korea's KOSPI dropping more than 8% and triggering a circuit breaker, Japan's Nikkei down about 5.3% and Taiwan down more than 8%. Brent crude rebounded to around $99–100 a barrel after slipping below $100 earlier in the week, with WTI near $91.
PSX mein aaj subah munafa-bakhsh farokht (profit-taking) ke baad KSE-100 2,000 se zyada points neeche aa gaya.
Note: These figures are a morning snapshot and can change by the close. This is market news, not investment advice.
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