{"id":46833,"date":"2026-04-08T09:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46833"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:04:30","slug":"psx-surges-over-12000-points-after-pakistan-brokered-us-iran-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46833","title":{"rendered":"PSX surges over 12,000 points after Pakistan\u2011brokered US\u2011Iran ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) erupted in celebration on Wednesday as investors cheered the global peace momentum brokered by Pakistan and easing tensions between Iran and the United States, triggering a wave of aggressive buying across the market.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark KSE-30 index rallied sharply, sparking a powerful surge that led to a market halt after crossing the 5% upper threshold, in accordance with PSX regulations.\u00a0The rally reflected a jubilant mood on the trading floor, with participants rushing to capitalise on the improved geopolitical outlook.<\/p>\n<p>In its market halt announcement, PSX notified: \u201cAll TRE Certificate Holders are hereby informed that due to a 5% increase in the KSE-30 index from the previous trading day close of the same, a Market Halt has been triggered as per PSX Regulations, and all equity-based markets have been suspended accordingly.\u00a0Please note that as a result of the halt, all outstanding orders have been cancelled automatically by the system, and all equity-based markets shall re-open as per the following schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0US, Iran agree to Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire with reopening of Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n<p>Following the resumption at 10:42am, the celebration continued as bullish momentum intensified. The index climbed further to 164,973.53, gaining 13,300.08 points (8.77%), underscoring strong investor confidence and widespread optimism.\u00a0Earlier in the session, the market had already been in a festive mood, reaching 164,035.83 (+8.15%) at around 9:57am.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The Express Tribune, KTrade Securities equity trader Ahmed Sheraz said, \u201cKSE-100 opened sharply higher by +12,920 points (+8.5% gap), tracking a major improvement in the external backdrop. Sentiment turned decisively positive after the US and Iran agreed to a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, with talks set in Islamabad on April 10, triggering a 15-16% drop in global oil prices as risk premium eased. This led to market halt as KSE-30 stayed above 5% for five minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the market\u2019s overall scenario, he added that regionally, improving Pakistan-Afghanistan ties (via China) and stable domestic macros, including $1.43 billion Eurobond repayment and steady reserves\/remittances, have further reinforced confidence, alongside continued support commitment from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).<\/p>\n<p>Near-term direction hinges on the outcome of US-Iran talks; sustained de-escalation could keep oil prices soft and support market momentum, Sheraz anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Trading is currently underway, with the upbeat sentiment and celebratory buying still driving the market higher until the filing of this report.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) erupted in celebration on Wednesday as investors cheered the global peace momentum brokered by Pakistan and easing tensions between Iran and the United States, triggering a wave of aggressive buying across the market. The benchmark KSE-30 index rallied sharply, sparking a powerful surge that led to a market halt after [&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-46833","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\/46833","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=46833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}