Overview
- The benchmark closed at 157,870.50 after a volatile session that swung between 161,517 and 157,766.
- Reports of a bomb blast near Islamabad’s district and sessions court and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa weighed on sentiment.
- Selling stretched across banks, energy, cement, fertiliser, autos and power, with Engro, OGDC, Hub Power, Lucky Cement, Mari Energies, MCB and National Bank among the biggest drags.
- Turnover rose to 836.4 million shares with about Rs38.1 billion traded, and foreign investors were net sellers of roughly Rs198 million, according to NCCPL.
- Analysts cited disappointing quarterly results and reported overseas outflows as additional headwinds following a 1,945-point rally the previous day.