PSX Closing Bell: Bulls Keep the Flame Alive

January 02, 2026 (MLN): The benchmark KSE-100 Index concluded Friday's trading session at 179,034.93, showing an increase of 2,679.44 points or 1.52%.

The index remained positive throughout the day showing an intraday high of 179,467.83 (+3,112.34) and a low of 176,709.51 (+354.02) points.

Support by improving economic indicators highlighted in the latest Outlook report, including rising industrial activity, easing inflation, continued growth across key sectors and a 6% increase in OMC sales for December has surged the market momentum to reach all time high levels of 179,000.

The total volume of the KSE-100 Index was 513.44 million shares.

Of the 100 index companies 64 closed up, 35 closed down, while 1 were unchanged.

Top gainers during the day were EFERT (+8.03%), JVDC (+5.08%), BOP (+4.93%), UBL (+4.73%), and ISL (+4.71%).

On the other hand, top losers were BNWM (-2.49%), DHPL (-2.22%), KEL (-1.85%), KTML (-1.80%), and PKGS (-1.49%).

In terms of index-point contributions, companies that propped up the index were UBL (+625.16pts), EFERT (+374.55pts), ENGROH (+229.05pts), PPL (+165.05pts), and OGDC (+141.08pts).

Meanwhile, companies that dragged the index lower were LUCK (-38.62pts), MLCF (-20.71pts), DGKC (-19.70pts), PIOC (-16.78pts), and CHCC (-15.83pts).

Sector-wise, KSE-100 Index was supported by Commercial Banks (+1207.84pts), Fertilizer (+540.82pts), Oil & Gas Exploration Companies (+448.75pts), Inv. Banks / Inv. Cos. / Securities Cos. (+229.81pts), and Power Generation & Distribution (+98.77pts).

While the index was let down by Cement (-121.27pts), Textile Composite (-22.28pts), Paper, Board & Packaging (-10.34pts), Automobile Parts & Accessories (-7.65pts), and Miscellaneous (-3.87pts).

In the broader market, the All-Share Index closed at 107,392.73 with a net gain of 1,297.66 points or 1.22%.

Total market volume was 1,113.10 million shares compared to 1,402.65m from the previous session while traded value was recorded at Rs64.34 billion showing an increase of Rs15.92bn.

There were 511,018 trades reported in 484 companies with 253 closing up, 201 closing down, and 30 remaining unchanged.

To note, the KSE-100 has gained 53,408 points or 42.51% during the fiscal year, whereas it has increased 4,981 points or 2.86% so far this calendar year.

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