Weekly Market Roundup

August 31, 2025 (MLN): The market slipped slightly during the week, as investors grappled with rollover pressures, a weak economic outlook, and a national flood alert.

Consecutively, the bench mark KSE 100 index decreased 875.29 points or 0.59%%, closing the session at 148,617.78 compared to the previous week’s close of 149,493.06.

Intraday swings were significant, with the index reaching a high of 150,079.75 (+1,461.97 points) and a low of 147,209.55 (-1,408.23 points).

Market cap

The KSE-100 market capitalization stood at Rs4.42 trillion, down 0.69% from the previous week’s Rs4.45tr. In USD terms, the market cap was recorded at $15.67 billion, compared to $15.77bn in the prior week.

This week, the index return in USD terms was -0.53%, compared to 2.1% the previous week, with the market also marking its all-time high during the week.

On the economic front, Net FX purchases reached $522m in May 2025, up $49m from April, bringing total interventions since June 2024 to $7.75bn.

Automobile financing rose to Rs285.64bn in July 2025, up 3.27% MoM and 25.28% YoY.

Furthermore, money supply stood at Rs44.68tr in July 2025.

Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves stood at $19.62bn, up $47m (0.24%).

Short-term inflation rose 0.62% WoW and 3.57% YoY.

The positive economic cues helped stabilize investor sentiment, pushing the KSE-100 index’s fiscal year-to-date returns to 29.%, while CYTD return stood at 19.48%.

Top Index Movers

During the week, Commercial Bank, Pharmaceuticals and Fertilizer dented -1,093.24, 149.35, and 139.43 points to the index.

On the flip side, Cement, Power Generation & Distribution and Automobile Assembler contributed the index by 585.79, 87.54 and 65.11 points, respectively.

Among individual stocks BAHL, MEBL, and HBL eroded to the index by -456.47, -169.99, and -163.2, respectively.

Conversely, LUCK, DGKC, and FCCL added 152.93, 127.24, and 119.35 points, respectively.

FIPI/LIPI

This week, foreign investors remained net sellers, offloading equities worth $13.51m.

Foreign Corporates led the selling spree worth $11.88m.

On the other hand, local investors were net buyers this week, purchasing equities worth $13.51m.

Individuals and Companies bought securities worth $17.43m and $10.38m, respectively, while Banks/DFI sold securities worth $9.88m.

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