PHOTO: AFP/FILEPakistan's stock market registered a sharp decline on Friday as investors resorted to profit-taking ahead of the weekend amid growing geopolitical uncertainty, which dragged the benchmark KSE-100 index down by 3,715 points to close near 157,500. At the close of trading, the KSE-100 posted a significant loss of 3,714.58 points, or 2.30%, and settled at 157,496.10. Overall trading volumes were recorded at 363.1 million shares compared with the previous tally of 723.9 million. K-Electric was the volume leader with trading in 36.9 million shares, losing Rs0.24 to close at Rs7.81. It was followed by Cnergyico PK with 22.4 million shares, losing Rs0.28 to close at Rs6.70 and Unity Foods with 19.05 million shares, losing Rs0.62 to close at Rs9.46.

Source: The Express Tribune March 07, 2026 01:54 UTC