Karachi: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) mein jumma ke din trading ke aaghaz par utar chadhav dekha gaya, jahan benchmark KSE-100 Index ne 300 points se zyada ka nuksan uthaya.
Subha 10:25 bajay tak index 164,096.19 points par trade kar raha tha — 348.52 points (0.21%) ki kami ke sath.
Market mein selling pressure automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, oil & gas exploration companies, OMCs, power generation aur refinery sectors mein dekha gaya.
Index ke heavy stocks ARL, HUBCO, MARI, POL, PSO, SSGC, SNGPL, MCB, MEBL aur UBL sab red zone mein trade kar rahe thay.
Kal (Thursday) bhi PSX ne negative close diya tha jab profit-taking ne major sectors ko nuksan pohanchaya, halan’ke bourse ne apni record-high trading volume dekhi. KSE-100 Index ne 1,241.66 points (0.75%) ka nuksan jhel kar 164,444.72 points par close kiya tha.
International market mein bhi negative sentiment raha. Asian shares ne Wall Street ko follow karte hue girawat dekhi, jab ke bonds ne gains banaye rakhe aur gold ne naya record banaya.
US regional banks mein credit stress ke asar nazar aaye — Zions Bank ka stock 13% neeche gaya jab usne California division ke do loans par $50 million loss disclose kiya. Western Alliance ka stock bhi 11% gira fraud case ke ilzam ke baad.
In developments ne US banking stocks ko jhatka diya.
S&P 500 aur Nasdaq futures dono 0.3% neeche, jab ke European aur FTSE futures bhi girawat mein rahe.
China aur US ke darmiyan trade tensions ne bhi equities sentiment ko kamzor kiya. China ne rare earth controls par White House ki tanqeed ko rad karte hue US par panic create karne ka ilzam lagaya.
Asia-Pacific shares (Japan ke ilawa) 0.9% neeche gaye, jab ke Japan ka Nikkei aur Taiwan ke stocks bhi red zone mein band huay — halan’ke TSMC ne record profit aur AI spending forecast ka elan kiya.
