The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) traded in the red again on Tuesday with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 1,000 points shortly after trading began.
According to the PSX website, the KSE-100 index was down 1121.24 points, or 1.84 per cent, to stand at 59,944.07 points from yesterday’s close of 61,065.31.
This is the third consecutive session in which the market has plunged more than 1,000 points. On Friday, the KSE-100 index had plunged 1,200 points over the delay in announcing the results of general elections, to settle below 63,000.
Yesterday, the PSX witnessed a meltdown as post-election political instability triggered an across-the-board panic selling, which dragged the KSE 100-share index below 61,000, hitting an intraday low at 60,647.68. The index closed at 61,065.32 points after tumbling by 1,878.43 points or 2.98 per cent from the preceding session.
Mohammed Sohail, chief executive of Topline Securities, said the downward trajectory was led by Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDC) and Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) amid reports the International Monetary Fund (IMF) did not agree with the government’s circular debt reduction plan.
“Market was expecting a big dividend due to this,” he said.
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