PSX Closing Bell: Red by a Whisker

MG News | January 21, 2026 at 04:10 PM GMT+05:00

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January 21, 2026 (MLN): The benchmark KSE-100 Index concluded Wednesday's trading session at 187,033.26, showing a decrease of 1,588.52 points or 0.84%.

The index traded in a range of 2,896.58 points showing an intraday high of 189,523.43 (+901.65) and a low of 186,626.85 (-1,994.93) points.

The total volume of the KSE-100 Index was 703.36 million shares.

Of the 100 index companies 22 closed up, 77 closed down, while 1 were unchanged.

Top losers during the day were KTML (-5.22%), PTC (-2.82%), NML (-2.81%), GAL (-2.76%), and ILP (-2.75%).

On the other hand, top gainers were LOTCHEM (+7.21%), KEL (+3.85%), FFL (+2.98%), SAZEW (+2.89%), and PGLC (+2.55%).

In terms of index-point contributions, companies that dragged the index lower were MEBL (-197.35pts), ENGROH (-196.35pts), MCB (-134.24pts), HBL (-133.29pts), and SYS (-131.64pts).

Meanwhile, companies that added points to the index were PPL (+58.02pts), SAZEW (+39.35pts), NBP (+37.63pts), LOTCHEM (+28.96pts), and MARI (+24.79pts).

Sector-wise, KSE-100 Index was let down by Commercial Banks (-622.43pts), Inv. Banks / Inv. Cos. / Securities Cos. (-218.91pts), Technology & Communication (-192.51pts), Cement (-156.89pts), and Fertilizer (-101.29pts).

While the index was supported by Power Generation & Distribution (+20.20pts), Oil & Gas Exploration Companies (+20.09pts), Chemical (+16.83pts), Property (+13.29pts), and Automobile Parts & Accessories (+9.23pts).

In the broader market, the All-Share Index closed at 112,355.64 with a net loss of 909.82 points or 0.80%.

Total market volume was 1,325.60 million shares compared to 1,225.81m from the previous session while traded value was recorded at Rs69.58 billion showing an increase of Rs5.69bn.

There were 561,218 trades reported in 488 companies with 118 closing up, 331 closing down, and 39 remaining unchanged.

**Top Ten by Volume**
Symbol	Price	Change %	Volume
KEL	7.01	3.85%	263,237,177
HASCOLNC	28.05	2.11%	100,762,529
FFL	23.17	2.98%	74,973,364
LOTCHEM	33.62	7.21%	69,462,739
WTL	1.8	2.86%	42,546,975
BML	5.06	-2.50%	42,276,588
CNERGY	7.84	0.13%	41,970,813
ASTL	20.64	-9.51%	30,022,294
TPLP	12.3	-0.89%	23,872,935
TREET	34.86	-3.62%	22,085,154

To note, the KSE-100 has gained 61,406 points or 48.88% during the fiscal year, whereas it has increased 12,979 points or 7.46% so far this calendar year.

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Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	187,033.27 703.36M	-0.84% -1588.52
ALLSHR	112,355.64 1,322.41M	-0.80% -909.82
KSE30	57,253.65 170.47M	-0.83% -477.72
KMI30	264,339.24 259.66M	-0.84% -2232.30
KMIALLSHR	72,280.61 865.86M	-0.69% -504.24
BKTi	53,720.25 43.65M	-1.13% -611.48
OGTi	39,202.65 25.16M	0.13% 50.73

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	88,735.00	90,125.00 87,875.00	-930.00 -1.04%
BRENT CRUDE	65.04	65.15 63.61	0.12 0.18%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	86.75	0.00 0.00	-1.85 -2.09%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	98.65	98.65 98.50	0.80 0.82%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,027.50	1,027.50 1,027.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	60.47	60.60 59.22	0.11 0.18%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	14.81	14.86 14.66	0.09 0.61%