PSX Closing Bell: Breaking the Ceiling

MG News | August 19, 2025 at 04:25 PM GMT+05:00

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August 19, 2025 (MLN): The benchmark KSE-100 Index concluded Tuesday's trading session at 149,770.74, showing an increase of 1,574.32 points or 1.06%.

The index remained positive throughout the day showing an intraday high of 150,323.38 (+2,126.96) and a low of 148,293.94 (+97.52) points.

The total volume of the KSE-100 Index was 340.19 million shares.

Of the 100 index companies 60 closed up, 40 closed down.

Top gainers during the day were MUGHAL (+10.00%), BAHL (+9.68%), THALL (+6.24%), FCCL (+5.90%), and HALEON (+5.43%).

On the other hand, top losers were BNWM (-4.04%), YOUW (-2.46%), NPL (-2.25%), PSEL (-2.23%), and KEL (-2.14%).

In terms of index-point contributions, companies that propped up the index were BAHL (+473.57pts), UBL (+222.42pts), LUCK (+220.99pts), MEBL (+220.93pts), and ENGROH (+168.38pts).

Meanwhile, companies that dragged the index lower were OGDC (-83.70pts), FFC (-79.78pts), HUBC (-73.86pts), SYS (-66.04pts), and PPL (-59.83pts).

Sector-wise, KSE-100 Index was supported by Commercial Banks (+1142.10pts), Cement (+438.20pts), Inv. Banks / Inv. Cos. / Securities Cos. (+164.02pts), Pharmaceuticals (+70.76pts), and Automobile Parts & Accessories (+45.41pts).

While the index was let down by Oil & Gas Exploration Companies (-186.92pts), Fertilizer (-111.46pts), Power Generation & Distribution (-93.85pts), Technology & Communication (-63.75pts), and Miscellaneous (-26.74pts).

In the broader market, the All-Share Index closed at 92,155.78 with a net gain of 684.90 points or 0.75%.

Total market volume was 809.08 million shares compared to 610.31m from the previous session while traded value was recorded at Rs48.43 billion showing an increase of Rs9.26bn.

There were 438,932 trades reported in 482 companies with 264 closing up, 194 closing down, and 24 remaining unchanged.

**Top Ten by Volume**
Symbol	Price	Change %	Volume
WTL	1.45	3.57%	52,322,337
BOP	14.76	2.29%	46,060,189
FCCL	53.48	5.90%	43,732,087
ASCNC	13.46	9.97%	29,190,694
UNITY	28.7	2.50%	26,523,058
ASL	14.3	5.22%	25,534,091
MLCF	92.49	3.28%	20,615,863
AMTEXNC	4.0	-4.08%	20,592,576
DCL	13.2	5.18%	18,866,327
SEARL	101.23	3.02%	18,059,116

To note, the KSE-100 has gained 24,143 points or 19.22% during the fiscal year, whereas it has increased 34,644 points or 30.09% so far this calendar year.

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Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	149,770.75 340.19M	1.06% 1574.32
ALLSHR	92,155.78 806.18M	0.75% 684.90
KSE30	45,743.27 165.40M	1.04% 472.54
KMI30	212,606.53 163.14M	0.61% 1282.20
KMIALLSHR	61,366.80 467.35M	0.50% 307.09
BKTi	42,612.33 67.04M	2.75% 1141.22
OGTi	30,104.45 14.03M	-1.22% -371.98

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	115,965.00	117,315.00 114,655.00	-635.00 -0.54%
BRENT CRUDE	65.82	66.58 65.66	-0.78 -1.17%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	92.00	0.00 0.00	1.95 2.17%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	100.00	100.00 100.00	0.60 0.60%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,039.00	1,039.00 1,039.00	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	61.87	62.68 61.70	-0.83 -1.32%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	16.36	16.45 16.23	0.11 0.68%