PSX Closing Bell: A Rough Day at the Office

MG News | February 06, 2026 at 05:09 PM GMT+05:00

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February 06, 2026 (MLN): The benchmark KSE-100 Index concluded Friday's trading session at 184,129.58, showing a decrease of 3,702.50 points or 1.97%.

The index traded in a range of 4,489.01 points showing an intraday high of 188,036.30 (+204.22) and a low of 183,547.29 (-4,284.79) points.

The downturn was largely driven by weakness in the banking sector, particularly a sharp drop in National Bank of Pakistan shares after news that the next hearing in the bank’s long-standing pension case has been set for February 13, 2026.

The total volume of the KSE-100 Index was 798.69 million shares.

Of the 100 index companies 13 closed up, 86 closed down, while 1 were unchanged.

Top losers during the day were NBP (-8.01%), PIBTL (-6.38%), PPL (-5.01%), KTML (-4.70%), and FATIMA (-4.27%).

On the other hand, top gainers were KEL (+7.58%), SAZEW (+3.36%), JVDC (+2.65%), PIOC (+2.55%), and SSOM (+1.64%).

In terms of index-point contributions, companies that dragged the index lower were NBP (-396.37pts), FFC (-383.97pts), PPL (-312.81pts), UBL (-278.30pts), and MEBL (-201.66pts).

Meanwhile, companies that added points to the index were KEL (+58.96pts), SAZEW (+54.33pts), PIOC (+30.41pts), JVDC (+23.41pts), and TRG (+12.25pts).

Sector-wise, KSE-100 Index was let down by Commercial Banks (-1413.66pts), Oil & Gas Exploration Companies (-548.71pts), Fertilizer (-532.09pts), Cement (-253.28pts), and Inv. Banks / Inv. Cos. / Securities Cos. (-137.53pts).

While the index was supported by Automobile Assembler (+35.91pts), Property (+23.41pts), Sugar & Allied Industries (+1.54pts), Modarabas (+1.40pts), and Vanaspati & Allied Industries (+0.33pts).

In the broader market, the All-Share Index closed at 110,763.73 with a net loss of 2,087.96 points or 1.85%.

Total market volume was 1,272.64 million shares compared to 1,195.26m from the previous session while traded value was recorded at Rs60.36 billion showing an increase of Rs16.26bn.

There were 513,018 trades reported in 479 companies with 112 closing up, 323 closing down, and 44 remaining unchanged.

**Top Ten by Volume**
Symbol	Price	Change %	Volume
KEL	8.94	7.58%	517,815,082
NBP	263.48	-8.01%	51,241,717
FNEL	1.63	-5.23%	50,264,390
BOP	40.09	-1.98%	42,620,066
WTL	1.64	-2.38%	41,090,362
PIBTL	19.36	-6.38%	39,245,432
HASCOLNC	24.54	0.16%	35,483,176
AGHA	8.64	2.25%	23,896,401
PPL	261.47	-5.01%	20,337,428
PREMA	40.39	-3.76%	18,390,172

To note, the KSE-100 has gained 58,502 points or 46.57% during the fiscal year, whereas it has increased 10,075 points or 5.79% so far this calendar year.

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Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	184,129.58 798.69M	-1.97% -3702.50
ALLSHR	110,763.73 1,266.28M	-1.85% -2087.96
KSE30	56,278.51 173.32M	-2.19% -1261.46
KMI30	259,907.89 102.57M	-2.03% -5380.16
KMIALLSHR	71,198.64 822.49M	-1.72% -1247.03
BKTi	53,693.69 102.25M	-2.59% -1425.61
OGTi	37,589.24 28.20M	-2.72% -1052.27

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	66,770.00	67,040.00 60,005.00	2975.00 4.66%
BRENT CRUDE	67.42	68.82 66.87	-0.13 -0.19%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	90.00	0.00 0.00	-4.50 -4.76%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	101.30	101.30 101.30	0.80 0.80%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,071.50	1,071.50 1,071.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	63.09	64.58 62.31	-0.20 -0.32%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	14.17	14.30 14.14	-0.10 -0.70%