{"id":37298,"date":"2026-01-23T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=37298"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:57:20","slug":"psx-scales-new-peak-as-kse-100-settles-above-189000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=37298","title":{"rendered":"PSX scales new peak as KSE-100 settles above 189,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan&#8217;s stock market achieved a remarkable milestone on the final day of the trading week as the Karachi Stock Exchange crossed 189,000 mark on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>PSX notched another all-time high close, with the KSE-100 Index settling at 189,167, up 1,479 points (+0.79%).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the AM session, the market remained range-bound between 187\u2013188k,&#8221; said Ali Najib, Deputy Head of Trading at Arif Habib Ltd. &#8220;However, momentum accelerated in the PM session, as rumors of a potential stock split in FFC fueled buying interest, pushing the index past 189k to a record close.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the macro front, the SPI for the week ended 22-Jan-2026 rose 4.18% YoY, while declining 0.48% WoW, indicating easing short-term inflationary pressure.<\/p>\n<p>On the index contribution front, FFC alone added 1,514 points, driven by split-related speculation. Additionally, EFERT, POL, HUBC, and ENGROH collectively contributed 690 points. Conversely, PIOC, OGDC, UBL, NBP, and PPL faced selling pressure, cumulatively shedding 478 points.<\/p>\n<p>Overall market participation remained strong, with 875.49mn shares traded and total turnover of PKR 58.5bn. KEL topped the volume chart, with 141.4mn shares exchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Weekly Outlook<\/p>\n<p>PSX witnessed a strong week, with the KSE-100 Index gaining 4,068 points (+2.2%). The index opened at 186,151, touched an intra-week high of 189,567, and recorded a low of 186,127, before closing the week at 189,167.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, all eyes are on the Monetary Policy meeting scheduled for Mon, Jan 26, 2026, with the market expecting a 50\u2013100bps rate cut. The decision is likely to set the market\u2019s near-term direction.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s stock market achieved a remarkable milestone on the final day of the trading week as the Karachi Stock Exchange crossed 189,000 mark on Friday. PSX notched another all-time high close, with the KSE-100 Index settling at 189,167, up 1,479 points (+0.79%). &#8220;During the AM session, the market remained range-bound between 187\u2013188k,&#8221; said Ali Najib, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}