{"id":77120,"date":"2025-06-12T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77120"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:20:24","slug":"psx-100-index-crosses-125000-mark-for-first-time-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/psx-100-index-crosses-125000-mark-for-first-time-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"PSX 100-Index crosses 125,000 mark for first time in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Stock Exchange<\/a> (PSX) on Thursday <\/span>created<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>history<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the benchmark KSE-100 Index crossing <\/span>the 125,000 <\/span>mark<\/span>\u00a0for the\u00a0<\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>first time in its\u00a0<\/span>existence<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The index\u00a0<\/span>added<\/span>\u00a01,095 points in intraday trading<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span> 125,448 points. <\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>achievement<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an indication of robust\u00a0<\/span>investor confidence, <\/span>optimistic<\/span>\u00a0market sentiment, and\u00a0<\/span>positive<\/span>\u00a0economic indicators,\u00a0<\/span>such<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sentiments<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>the upcoming federal budget.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the 100-Index<\/a> of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>retained<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>bullish trend and\u00a0<\/span>rose<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>2,328.24 points. The index closed at 124,352.68 points <\/span>compared to 122,024.44 points on the\u00a0<\/span>previous<\/span>\u00a0trading day.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Total\u00a0<\/span>shares\u00a0<\/span>of 1,041,129,574\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>dealt<\/span>\u00a0during the day\u00a0<\/span>compared to 592,952,761 shares\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the previous trading day, while the <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>share\u00a0<\/span>price\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rs 46.707 billion\u00a0<\/span>compared<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>Rs 21.827 billion on the\u00a0<\/span>previous<\/span>\u00a0trading day.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Up<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>478 companies\u00a0<\/span>dealt<\/span>\u00a0their shares in the stock market,\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>283<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>posted\u00a0<\/span>gains and 157\u00a0<\/span>incurred<\/span>\u00a0losses,\u00a0<\/span>while<\/span>\u00a0the share price of 38 companies remained\u00a0<\/span>stable<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The three\u00a0<\/span>leaders<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in the\u00a0<\/span>trading companies were Pervez Ahmed Company with 78,292,186 shares at Rs 2.00 per share, WorldCall Telecom with 55,140,713 shares at Rs 1.45 per share, and Sui South Gas with 45,087,896 shares at Rs 41.14 per share.<\/p>\n

Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited\u00a0<\/span>recorded<\/span> a\u00a0<\/span>maximum\u00a0<\/span>gain<\/span> of Rs 117.58 per share, closing at Rs 9,830.5,2, <\/span>while<\/span> the runner-up was Hoechst Pakistan Limited with a Rs 96.07 <\/span>increase<\/span> in its share price to close at Rs 3,307.07.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday created\u00a0history\u00a0with\u00a0the benchmark KSE-100 Index crossing the 125,000 mark\u00a0for the\u00a0very\u00a0first time in its\u00a0existence. The index\u00a0added\u00a01,095 points in intraday trading\u00a0to 125,448 points. The\u00a0achievement\u00a0is\u00a0an indication of robust\u00a0investor confidence, optimistic\u00a0market sentiment, and\u00a0positive\u00a0economic indicators,\u00a0such\u00a0as\u00a0sentiments\u00a0about\u00a0the upcoming federal budget. On Wednesday, the 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)\u00a0also\u00a0retained\u00a0its\u00a0bullish trend and\u00a0rose\u00a0by\u00a02,328.24 points. The index […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3460,29399],"class_list":["post-77120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-pakistan-stock-exchange","tag-psx-100-index-surged"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77127,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77120\/revisions\/77127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}