Karachi:
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) me selling pressure ka silsila jari raha, jahan investors ne profit-taking ki — jis ke natije me KSE-100 Index ne lagbhag 1,000 points kho diye.

3:20pm tak benchmark index 163,613.75 points par tha, jo 976.66 points (0.59%) ki kami ko zahir karta hai.

Selling ka daira commercial banks, fertiliser, oil & gas exploration, OMCs aur power generation sectors me raha.

Index-heavy stocks jaise MARI, POL, SSGC, HBL, MCB, MEBL aur NBP sab red zone me trade kar rahe the.

Kal (Thursday) bhi market me narmi dekhi gayi thi jahan KSE-100 Index 1,962.87 points (1.18%) gir kar 164,590.41 points par band hua tha.

International markets me halat kuch behtar rahe — Asian shares rally kar rahe hain jabke US-China relations me behtari ki khabron ne investor sentiment ko support diya.

Oil prices bhi US sanctions on Russian suppliers ke baad thodi neeche aayi hain.

Intel ke positive quarterly results aur Japan’s Nikkei index me 1.2% ka izafa bhi investor confidence barhane ka sabab bana.

US President Donald Trump aur Chinese President Xi Jinping ke darmiyan agle hafte mulakaat ki tasdeeq ne bhi bazaron me umeed jagayi hai.