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PSX Rebounds After Three-Day Slide on Strong Remittance Data

Stronger remittances steadied trade as attention turns to the IMF review plus MSCI changes.

Overview

  • KSE-100 rose 496.11 points, or 0.31%, to 159,592.90 on Nov. 7 after the SBP reported $3.4 billion in October remittances, up 7% month on month and about 12% year on year.
  • Earlier in the week, the index dropped 1,703.58 points on Nov. 5 to 159,578.19 and slipped another 481.40 points on Nov. 6 to 159,096.79 as profit-taking persisted.
  • Foreign investors were net sellers of Rs594.5 million on Friday, according to NCCPL, extending a streak of outflows.
  • MSCI’s latest review adds Meezan Bank, Bank of Punjab and Askari Bank to the FM Standard Pakistan index effective Nov. 24.
  • Friday turnover reached 768.8 million shares with Rs30.7 billion in value, led by First National Equities and Bank Makramah.