Business
January 29, 2021
Stock gave up gains on Thursday as wobbly oil and equities around the world spurred profit-selling in overbought heavyweights, interrupting the result season rally for now, dealers said.
KSE-100 shares index, the benchmark of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), shed 0.63 percent or 292.08 points to end at 46,166.05 points. Volumes ballooned to 844.002 million shares, from 610.940 million on Wednesday. KSE-30 shares index suffered a loss of 0.57 percent or 111.16 points to end at 19,259.11 points.
Salman Ahmad, head of institutional sales at Aba Ali Habib Securities said the selling was due owing to the rollover period; however, positivity centered on the earnings announcements was likely to keep any big correction at bay.