Karachi, October 1, 2025 – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed another volatile session on Wednesday, as the benchmark KSE-100 index managed to close higher despite intense selling pressure during the day.
The index added 147 points, ending at a fresh record of 165,640 points compared to the previous close of 165,493 points.
Market analysts at Topline Securities noted that the session turned into a battle between bulls and bears. The KSE-100 index surged to an intraday high of 1,029 points before being dragged down to a low of 1,338 points due to profit-taking and heavy institutional selling. Still, the market closed positive, with a modest gain of 0.09%.
On the sectoral front, MARI, MEBL, FATIMA, and BOP emerged as top contributors, collectively adding +694 points to the index. In contrast, blue-chip stocks like ENGROH, HUBC, HBL, PPL, and BAHL erased much of the gains, pulling sentiment lower by -481 points.
Trading activity improved compared to the previous session, as overall volumes stood at 1,633 million shares with a turnover value of PKR 69.5 billion. K-Electric (KEL) led the volume chart with 299 million shares traded, while in terms of value, PAEL topped the list with PKR 7.6 billion, followed by BOP (PKR 5.4bn), MARI (PKR 3.71bn), PSO (PKR 3.2bn), and HUBC (PKR 3.07bn).
Analysts believe the market remains range-bound and is likely to take direction from upcoming economic indicators, global oil prices, and institutional investment flows in the coming sessions.