PSX continues bullish trend, gains over 500 points
Business
The KSE-100 index has reached 150,562.42 points
KARACHI (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) maintained its bullish trend on Tuesday as buying rally continues after investor confidence increased following a dip in inflation rate.
During intraday trading, the KSE-100 index has gained 591.28 points to reach 150,562.42 points, marking an increase of 0.39 percent compared to previous close.
The core inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated to 3 percent during August 2025 as compared to 4.1 percent recorded during July 2025, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Monday.
According to PBS data, the CPI based inflation during the same month of last year (August 2024) was recorded at 9.6%.
On month-on-month basis, it decreased by 0.6% in August 2025 as compared to an increase of 2.9% in the previous month and an increase of 0.4% in August 2024.
A day earlier, the KSE-100 Index witnessed bullish trend, gaining 1,353.34 points, a positive change of 0.91 percent, closing at 149,971.12 points.
A total of 1,183,076,656 shares worth Rs48.849 billion were traded during the day.
As many as 480 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 272 of them recorded gains and 175 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 33 companies remained unchanged.
