Pakistan”s stock market witnessed a notable surge in its benchmark indices today, yet this positive movement was overshadowed by a substantial decline in overall trading activity across various market segments.
The KSE30 index, a key barometer of market performance, concluded the trading day at 51,473.16 points. This represented a gain of 554.80 points, or 1.09 per cent, from its previous close of 50,918.37. Throughout the session, the index reached a high of 51,716.15 and a low of 51,139.32.
Similarly, the broader KSE100 index also registered significant upward movement, closing at 169,911.95. It advanced by 1,392.01 points, a percentage increase of 0.83, compared to its prior close of 168,519.94. The index touched an intra-day high of 170,899.16 and recorded a low of 168,941.31.
Despite these index advancements, market turnover experienced a sharp contraction. The regular segment (REG) recorded a turnover of 972,713,346 shares, a significant reduction from the previous day”s 1,205,844,888. Concurrently, the traded value for REG also fell to 43,933,076,625 from 59,416,836,735.
The specialised Debt Financing Certificates (DFC) segment saw its turnover decrease to 203,797,500 shares from 289,288,000, with traded value declining to 10,212,712,550 from 14,836,311,445. The Odd Lot (ODL) segment also showed reduced activity, with 1,514 shares traded, down from 2,158, and a corresponding traded value of 31,548, a drop from 34,889. The Convertible Sharia Compliant (CSF) segment reported zero activity on both days.
Market capitalization for the REG segment, however, saw an increase, reaching 18,801,553,424,075, up from 18,610,163,530,645. Both DFC and ODL segments reported zero market capitalization.
These figures were released by the Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited as of April 16, 2026.