{"id":45867,"date":"2026-04-01T09:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=45867"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:04:28","slug":"kse-100-surges-over-7400-points-on-iran-de-escalation-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=45867","title":{"rendered":"KSE-100 surges over 7,400 points on Iran de-escalation hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Trading was halted at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) following a massive show of tranquillity on Wednesday, as peace prospects brought investors back into a vibrant mood, with equities surging sharply on optimism over potential de-escalation in the US-Israeli aggression towards Iran. The benchmark KSE-100 index initially climbed\u00a0to 153,615 points (+3.28%) and later extended\u00a0gains to 156,204.89, up 7,461 points (+5.02%)<\/p>\n<p>The rally remained broad-based and aggressive, with the session recording a high of 156,233.38 and a low of 151,262.76. Meanwhile, traded volume exceeded\u00a0228 million shares, reflecting strong investor participation.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0PSX rebounds on investor trust<\/p>\n<p>The PSX, in an official notice, announced that a market halt was triggered after the KSE-30 index rose by 5% from the previous trading day\u2019s close, activating the exchange\u2019s circuit breaker mechanism. Following the\u00a0threshold breach, all equity markets were suspended at 12:03:45pm, and all outstanding orders were automatically cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>As per the PSX announcement, trading will resume after the cooling-off period with the following schedule: pre-open at 1:03:45pm and full market reopening at 1:08:45pm.<\/p>\n<p>The sharp surge signals a notable shift in sentiment, with investors returning to the market on an improving geopolitical outlook, positioning equities for continued strength if stability persists.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trading was halted at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) following a massive show of tranquillity on Wednesday, as peace prospects brought investors back into a vibrant mood, with equities surging sharply on optimism over potential de-escalation in the US-Israeli aggression towards Iran. The benchmark KSE-100 index initially climbed\u00a0to 153,615 points (+3.28%) and later extended\u00a0gains to [&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-45867","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\/45867","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=45867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}