The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index lost 481.40 points, a negative change of 0.30 percent, closing at 159,096.79 points compared to 159,578.19 points on the previous trading day.
A total of 957.304 million shares were traded in the ready market compared to 860.262 million shares on Wednesday, while the traded value declined to Rs30.446 billion from Rs34.848 billion. The market capitalization decreased from Rs18,271.364 billion to Rs18,220.473 billion.
Out of 476 active companies in the ready market, 199 closed in the positive, 230 in the negative, and 47 remained unchanged. Bank Makramah led the volume chart with 93.025 million shares, followed by Pak Int. Bulk with 74.446 million shares, and K-Electric Ltd. with 58.326 million shares.
The top gainers of the day were PIA Holding Company LimitedB, which increased by Rs259.90 to close at Rs24,685.40, and Pakistan Services Limited, up by Rs133.42 to settle at Rs1,517.91.
The top losers were Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited, which declined by Rs614.72 to close at Rs28,585.28, and Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited, down by Rs44.41 to Rs9,564.54.
In the futures market, a total of 215.512 million shares were traded, compared to 186.602 million shares a day earlier. BML-NOV topped the futures volume chart with 27.169 million shares, followed by PIAHCLA-NOV with 25.109 million shares, and PACE-NOV with 19.463 million shares. In the futures gainers’ list, ATRL-NOVB gained Rs4.56 to close at Rs650.05, while SAZEW-NOVC declined by Rs17.01 to close at Rs1,785.50. Meanwhile, out of 318 companies, 100 advanced, 216 declined, and 2 remained unchanged in the futures market.
Total liquid foreign reserves stand at $19.66bn
The total liquid foreign reserves of Pakistan stood at US$ 19,663.6 million as of 31 October while the reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan slightly increased to $ 14,502.8 million. “During the week ended on 31-Oct-2025, SBP’s FX reserves increased by US$ 31 million to US$ 14,502.8 million,” the central bank reported on Thursday in its weekly statement on the position of liquid foreign reserves.
However, the net foreign reserves held by the commercial banks decreased by $ 55 million to $ 5,160.8 million, as depicted by the reserves break up for the period under review. Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country, in the previous week ended on October 24, 2025, were $ 19,687.6 million. Among them the central bank held foreign reserves of $ 14,471.6 million while the other $ 5,216 million were held by the commercial banks.