Buying momentum returns, KSE-100 surges over 1,100 points

Buying momentum returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as the benchmark KSE-100 gained over 1,100 points during intra-day trading on Thursday.At 12:35pm, the benchmark index was hovering 96,702.04, an increase of 1,155.59 points or 1.21%.Buying was observed in automobile assemblers, commercial banks, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals and refinery sectors. Stocks including NRL, HASCOL, PSO, EFERT, HBL and NBP traded positively.Experts said the buying was witnessed as investors’ concerns regarding the political protest scheduled for November 24 eased.The stock market has been on an upward trajectory in recent weeks, on account of positive macroeconomic indicators and projections of a further reduction in key policy rates.On Wednesday, profit-taking was observed at the PSX as the benchmark KSE-100 Index closed lower by 310 points to settle at 95,546.45.Globally, Asian equities fell on Thursday after AI darling Nvidia disappointed investors with a subdued revenue forecast, while the dollar firmed and bitcoin hit a record high in anticipation of US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed policies.Prevailing geopolitical concerns following the escalating conflict in Ukraine earlier this week led safe-haven assets higher, including gold and government bonds.The spotlight though was on earnings from the world’s most valuable firm Nvidia, which projected its slowest revenue growth in seven quarters, sending its shares lower.Nasdaq futures slipped 0.47%, while S&P 500 futures eased 0.3%.MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.23%, with tech heavy Taiwan stocks down 0.5%. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.7%.In another key development, Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, was indicted in New York over his role in a $265 million bribery scheme, according to US prosecutors.This is an intra-day update

Buying momentum returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as the benchmark KSE-100 gained over 1,100 points during intra-day trading on Thursday. At 12:35pm, the benchmark index was hovering 96,702.04, an increase of 1,155.

59 points or 1.21%. Buying was observed in automobile assemblers, commercial banks, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals and refinery sectors.

Stocks including NRL, HASCOL, PSO, EFERT, HBL and NBP traded positively. Experts said the buying was witnessed as investors’ concerns regarding the political protest scheduled for November 24 eased. The stock market has been on an upward trajectory in recent weeks, on account of positive macroeconomic indicators and projections of a further reduction in key policy rates.

On Wednesday , profit-taking was observed at the PSX as the benchmark KSE-100 Index closed lower by 310 points to settle at 95,546.45. Globally, Asian equities fell on Thursday after AI darling Nvidia disappointed investors with a subdued revenue forecast, while the dollar firmed and bitcoin hit a record high in anticipation of US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed policies.

Prevailing geopolitical concerns following the escalating conflict in Ukraine earlier this week led safe-haven assets higher, including gold and government bonds. The spotlight though was on earnings from the world’s most valuable firm Nvidia, which projected its slowest revenue growth in seven quarters, sending its shares lower. Nasdaq futures slipped 0.

47%, while S&P 500 futures eased 0.3%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.

23%, with tech heavy Taiwan stocks down 0.5%. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.

7%. In another key development, Gautam Adani , the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, was indicted in New York over his role in a $265 million bribery scheme, according to US prosecutors. This is an intra-day update.