KSE-100 falls 454 points as direction proves elusive
The benchmark closed at 165,966, and our end-of-day data show it down 2.88% over the past month and 4.65% since the start of the year.
The KSE-100 Index gave up 454 points and finished at 165,966, with participants finding little in the way of positive cues and sentiment staying subdued through the session.
Our end-of-day figures for 19 October 2026 put the index down 2.88% over the past month and 5.66% over the past three months. Since the start of the year the benchmark is down 4.65%.
Across the past 52 weeks the index has closed as low as 146,480.16 and as high as 189,166.83. The latest close sits within that band, above the low and below the high recorded over the period.
The KSE-100 is the benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange and tracks a broad set of listed companies. Its level is a widely followed gauge of how the market as a whole is trading, and the moves above are measured from our own closing data.
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