{"id":41877,"date":"2026-02-26T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=41877"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:04:26","slug":"bulls-dominate-as-kse-100-index-rises-above-4200-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=41877","title":{"rendered":"Bulls dominate as KSE-100 index rises above 4,200 points"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) exhibited a strong recovery session, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 4,267 points to close at 168,893.<\/p>\n<p>The trading session began on a negative note, as persistent selling pressure pushed the index to an intraday low of 162,954 points. However, the decline attracted aggressive value buying, triggering a sharp rebound and broad-based recovery across key sectors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Significant buying interest was observed in automobile assemblers, commercial banks, fertiliser, oil &amp; gas exploration, oil marketing companies, power generation, and refinery sectors,&#8221; said Ali Najib, Deputy Head of Trading at Arif Habib Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>On the macroeconomic front, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb reassured markets regarding the rollover of UAE deposits, terming related concerns unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to the IMF program, emphasising progress on agreed benchmarks, particularly tax collection and FBR performance.<\/p>\n<p>Major contributors to the index rally included FFC, ENGROH, HUBC, PPL, HBL, PSO, LUCK, FATIMA, OGDC, and BOP, collectively adding 2,494 points.<\/p>\n<p>Market activity remained healthy, with total volumes of 687.8 million shares and a turnover of Rs35.7 billion. UNITY led volumes, with 71.4 million shares traded.<\/p>\n<p>As the market approaches the final trading session of the week, a close above the 170,000 level will be crucial to sustain positive momentum heading into next week.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) exhibited a strong recovery session, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 4,267 points to close at 168,893. The trading session began on a negative note, as persistent selling pressure pushed the index to an intraday low of 162,954 points. However, the decline attracted aggressive value buying, triggering a sharp rebound [&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-41877","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\/41877","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=41877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}