The Pakistan Stock Market (PSX) started the new trading week on Monday with a bang as the share prices smashed through 174,000-point mark for the first time in history, reflecting growing investors’ confidence.
During intraday trading, the market saw a sharp rise, with the PSX’s benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining more than 1,900 points or 1.10 percent. The index reached a record high of 174,411 points, marking a major achievement for the stock market.
The sharp increase in stock market points reflected strong investor confidence and positive market sentiment, which continued to drive growth in the stock exchange.
Out of 563 active companies share prices of 171 were advanced, 158 declined, while 171 remained unchanged.
Buying interest was observed in key sectors, including automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, fertilizers, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, power generation, and refineries.
Index-heavy stocks, including ARL, HUBCO, MARI, OGDC, PPL, POL, HBL, MEBL, and MCB, traded in the green.
PSX is expected to remain the best-performing asset class in 2026, supported by improving macroeconomic stability, easing inflationary pressures, and sustained domestic liquidity, according to Arif Habib Limited’s report titled “Pakistan Investment Strategy 2026: The Equity Edge Continues.”
Earlier on December 26, 2025, the benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed bullish, gaining 1,570.51 points, a positive change of 0.92 percent, to settle at 172,400.73 points.
During the session, the ready market witnessed a trading volume of 797.999 million shares with a traded value of Rs 38.062 billion, against 811.558 million shares valuing Rs 29.795 billion in the previous session.
Market capitalization increased to Rs 19.465 trillion from Rs 19.361 trillion a day earlier.
WorldCall Telecom topped the volume chart with 79.320 million shares, followed by Bank of Punjab with 78.049 million shares and K-Electric Limited with 33.061 million shares.
The top gainers included Ismail Industries Limited, which rose by Rs 62.76 to close at Rs 1,984.69, and Murree Brewery Company Limited, increasing by Rs 35.02 to settle at Rs 1,080.17.
On the losing side, PIA Holding Company Limited-B declined by Rs1,483.45 to close at Rs17,666.14, while Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited fell by Rs653.22 to close at Rs 10,259.54.
In the futures market, turnover stood at 972.427 million shares with a traded value of Rs46.944 billion, compared to 720.406 million shares worth Rs37.983 billion in the previous session.
