PSX: Stock surge as markets eye Iran, US truce
Buying interest was observed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) during the first half of trading on Friday, as markets weighed the possibility of a truce between the US and Iran. At 12pm, the benchmark index hovered at 170,632.86, up 133.92 points or 0.08%. Key sectors saw buying, including automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration and power generation. Index-heavy stocks, including AMRI, OGDC, POL, PPL, HBL, MCB, MEBL and UBL, traded in the green.