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PSX bleeds as tensions between India, Pakistan escalate

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..... PSX bleeds as tensions between India, Pakistan escalate
PTI News
Dated:- 7-5-2025
PTI
Karachi, May 7 (PTI) The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) lost 6,500 points on Wednesday amid an escalation of military confrontation between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack. The market saw investors in panic mode in intra-day trade as the benchmark KSE-100 index decreased .....

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..... by 6,560.82 points, or 5.78 per cent, to stand at 107,007.68 from the last close of 113,568.50 when the market opened this morning. Due to the massive dip, the market was immediately suspended briefly. This is the second-largest intraday tumble (points-wise), second to the 8,700 points loss that happened in the US last month after President Donald Trump’s trade tariff announcements. Fatima Buc .....

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..... ha of AKD Securities said the market showed signs of recovery after 11 am, reaching 112,457.37 points, before declining to 111,171.92 points at 12 pm. “This was expected in the market for days because of the fears about military strikes by India,” she said. “The market opened under pressure this morning and some selling has been observed, though volumes remain low as investors assess the evolv .....

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..... ing situation,” she said. Other financial analysts also put down the dip in the market to the escalation in hostilities in the region. One analyst, Shahbaz Ashraf, chief investment officer at Frim Ventures, said investors are cautiously hopeful that the conflict will remain short-lived with likely mediation from global powers. India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ targeting terror infrastructur .....

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..... e in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in a strong response to the terror attack in Pahalgam. The April 22 attack, carried out by the terror organisation The Resistance Front, killed 26 civilians. PTI CORR SCY SCY
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