Selling at bourse, KSE-100 down nearly 1,600 points amid geopolitical volatility

Selling pressure was observed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as tensions in the Middle East escalated, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding nearly 1,600 points during the opening hours of trading on Monday. At 11:44am, the benchmark index was hovering at 164,025.57, down by 1,570.50 points or 0.95%. Selling was observed in key sectors, including automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, fertiliser, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, power generation and refinery. Index-heavy stocks, including ARL, HUBCO, MARI, OGDC, PPL, POL, HBL, MEBL and UBL, traded in the red.