KARACHI:
The Pakistan Stock Exchange turned positive after three consecutive days of losses as the benchmark KSE-100 index rose nearly 500 points, driven by remittance data released by the State Bank of Pakistan.
In October 2025, the remittances from expatriate Pakistani workers abroad showed inflows of $3.4 billion. In terms of growth, the remittances spiked 7.4% month-on-month and 11.9% year-on-year.
At the commencement of trading in the morning, the stock market remained positive and after a couple of dips, it rose significantly by midday. Following the Friday break, the index advanced to the intra-day high of 160,436 points. Afterwards, investors resorted to profit-taking at higher levels, bringing the market down from its highs.
At close, the KSE-100 index recorded a modest increase of 496.11 points, or 0.31%, and settled at 159,592.90.
Topline Securities, in its market review, said that after a few consecutive negative trading sessions, some recovery was observed on Friday as the KSE-100 index largely traded in the positive zone. It closed at 159,593 points, up 0.31%.
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“This positivity can be attributed to remittance numbers for October 2025, which came in at $3.42 billion, up 12% YoY and 7% MoM,” it said.
Top positive contribution to the index came from Mari Energies, UBL, Meezan Bank, Pakistan Petroleum, NBP and MCB Bank as they cumulatively contributed 474 points.
Traded value-wise, Attock Refinery (Rs1.86 billion), Mari Energies (Rs1.57 billion), NBP (Rs1.4 billion), Hubco (Rs1.25 billion) and The Bank of Punjab (Rs819 million) dominated the activity. Traded volume and value for the day stood at 769 million shares and Rs30.7 billion, respectively, Topline added.
