November 28, 2022 (MLN): Bears once again took a charge of the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index has plunged by 724 points or 1.71% [9:45 PKT] and is currently trading at the 42,204.05 level.

The market witnessed massive selling pressure due to an increase in interest rate by 100 basis points to 1.6%.

To recall, last week on Friday the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decided to increase the policy rate by 100 basis points to 16%.

So far, cement, oil & gas exploration, fertilizer, and technology witnessed higher selling activity with a loss of 137.97, 97.51, 84.36, and 57.83 points, respectively.

Scrip-wise, INDU, MTL, MARI, and LUCK have loosed maximum points.

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Posted on: 2022-11-28T09:48:02+05:00