PSX Closing Bell: A Game of Inches

MG News | August 15, 2025 at 05:12 PM GMT+05:00

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August 15, 2025 (MLN): The benchmark KSE-100 Index concluded Friday's trading session at 146,491.63, showing a decrease of 37.67 points or 0.03%.

The index traded in a range of 1,264.82 points showing an intraday high of 147,534.41 (+1,005.11) and a low of 146,269.59 (-259.71) points.

The total volume of the KSE-100 Index was 187.00 million shares.

Of the 100 index companies 50 closed up, 48 closed down, while 2 were unchanged.

Top losers during the day were OGDC (-2.57%), GADT (-2.25%), PSX (-2.21%), PPL (-2.13%), and PIBTL (-2.01%).

On the other hand, top gainers were AIRLINK (+6.17%), MUGHAL (+5.89%), BNWM (+3.50%), EFERT (+3.25%), and AVN (+2.87%).

In terms of index-point contributions, companies that dragged the index lower were OGDC (-149.92pts), UBL (-149.81pts), PPL (-87.64pts), HUBC (-65.25pts), and MARI (-46.28pts).

Meanwhile, companies that added points to the index were EFERT (+132.17pts), LUCK (+131.65pts), ENGROH (+112.58pts), MEBL (+97.03pts), and AIRLINK (+38.86pts).

Sector-wise, KSE-100 Index was let down by Oil & Gas Exploration Companies (-289.99pts), Power Generation & Distribution (-76.00pts), Commercial Banks (-59.52pts), Oil & Gas Marketing Companies (-54.29pts), and Food & Personal Care Products (-23.60pts).

While the index was supported by Fertilizer (+149.33pts), Cement (+116.42pts), Inv. Banks / Inv. Cos. / Securities Cos. (+100.95pts), Engineering (+29.25pts), and Pharmaceuticals (+19.60pts).

In the broader market, the All-Share Index closed at 90,536.33 with a net loss of 112.92 points or 0.12%.

Total market volume was 473.60 million shares compared to 647.09m from the previous session while traded value was recorded at Rs32.88 billion showing a decrease of Rs8.01bn.

There were 332,203 trades reported in 479 companies with 226 closing up, 219 closing down, and 34 remaining unchanged.

**Top Ten by Volume**
Symbol	Price	Change %	Volume
ASL	13.47	4.26%	30,027,480
MDTL	3.62	12.07%	21,707,355
AIRLINK	168.04	6.17%	19,881,458
ASCNC	11.72	5.68%	18,175,184
WTL	1.41	0.71%	16,704,962
BOP	14.32	0.42%	13,663,632
GCIL	28.36	7.34%	11,975,525
YOUW	6.02	-1.95%	11,153,414
ICIBL	8.88	-0.34%	11,095,602
GGL	23.37	8.09%	9,988,708

To note, the KSE-100 has gained 20,864 points or 16.61% during the fiscal year, whereas it has increased 31,365 points or 27.24% so far this calendar year.

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Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	146,491.63 187.00M	-0.03% -37.67
ALLSHR	90,536.33 472.30M	-0.12% -112.92
KSE30	44,832.50 94.50M	-0.05% -22.91
KMI30	208,316.49 88.42M	0.12% 249.53
KMIALLSHR	60,378.40 282.12M	-0.07% -41.58
BKTi	41,036.31 26.72M	-0.16% -64.78
OGTi	30,187.57 14.82M	-1.88% -577.23

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	118,250.00	119,810.00 118,050.00	-165.00 -0.14%
BRENT CRUDE	66.40	67.06 65.86	-0.44 -0.66%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	96.50	0.00 0.00	2.20 2.33%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	104.50	104.50 104.50	-0.30 -0.29%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	998.50	998.50 998.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	63.47	64.15 62.89	-0.49 -0.77%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	16.47	16.63 16.37	-0.11 -0.66%