PSX rises above 184,000 as market rally continues

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its strong performance on Wednesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index rising by nearly 3,800 points.

At the end of trading, the KSE-100 Index closed at 184,050.10, gaining 3,748.40 points, or 2.08%.

Strong buying was seen in major sectors, including automobile companies, cement, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration firms, oil marketing companies and power generation. Major stocks such as ARL, OGDC, POL, PPL, MCB, NBP and UBL ended the day with gains.

The market rally follows a strong fiscal year 2025-26, during which the KSE-100 Index increased by 44% and ended the year at a record high. Better economic conditions under Pakistan’s IMF-supported reform programme, lower inflation and growing investor confidence helped support the market’s growth.

The KSE-100 Index finished the last trading session of FY2025-26 at 180,301 points, compared with 125,627 points at the end of the previous fiscal year.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported that the country’s annual inflation rate rose to 11.1% in June 2026.

On a monthly basis, inflation fell by 0.3% in June after increasing by 0.5% in May. During the 2025-26 fiscal year, average inflation stood at 7.05%, compared with 4.49% in the previous fiscal year.