Overview
- The KSE-100, which climbed 4,027 points Friday, closed at 173,939 in a continued post-ceasefire rally.
- Traders cited easing Middle East risk and hopes for US–Iran diplomacy as the spark for heavy buying.
- Turnover jumped to 1.44 billion shares with traded value at Rs 67.99 billion, market value hit Rs 19.25 trillion, and breadth ran 354 advancers to 101 decliners.
- Commercial banks led gains as UBL, NBP, HBL and peers, plus PPL, OGDC, LUCK, HUBC, ENGROH and BAHL, together added 2,497 points, and Bank of Punjab, K-Electric and Treet Battery topped volumes.
- For the week, the benchmark gained 4% after an early slide, helped by easing tensions and a March current account surplus of $1.07 billion.