Pakistan Stock Exchange: The ceasefire has been agreed between India and Pakistan, but Pakistan has found it expensive to collide with India. In the last three days, Pakistan’s counter -attack has caused a lot of damage to Pakistan. Even if this happens, when Pakistan does not last anywhere in front of India on any front economic, strategic or strategic. Where the GDP of Pakistan is just $ 350 billion, which is just a part of India’s 4 trillion dollar economy. The same inequality appears in the stock markets of both countries.

Land-sky difference between Indian stock market and PSX

India’s 1 rupee is equivalent to 3.283372 Pakistani rupees. On this basis, the total market capital of 476 most valuable companies on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) is 5.66 lakh crore. This is less than the market cap of 6.26 lakh crores of India’s only large cap company Infosys. The total value of PSX is only slightly more than the market capitalization of 5.48 lakh crore of Hindustan Unilever. The total market cap of Pakistan’s benchmark index KSE -100 is 3.31 lakh crores – which is less than the 3.34 lakh crore market cap of UltraTech cement.

PSX comes into this category due to slight more decline

On Friday, the Pakistani stock market jumped in the hope of getting a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, by pulling forward and longer amidst this geopolitical stress, it would bring it into the category of Indian companies of medium-sized. Due to the decline of 10 percent in the Pakistani stock market, its market cap will fall to 2.98 lakh crores, which is close to the Titan company (3.11 lakh crore). The decline of 15 percent will make it equal to Adani Ports and SEZ (2.82 lakh crore) and a decline of 20 percent will make it close to the power grid corporation (2.78 lakh crore).

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Pakistan Stock Exchange: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) recorded a huge decline on Friday, 25 April. Two consecutive business sessions have fallen by more than 2500 points. After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, there is an atmosphere of destruction in Pakistan’s stock market.

PSX’s website is offline

The most prominent index of the Karachi Stock Exchange, which includes the top listed companies of Pakistan, was seen in the KSE-100 within five minutes of the trading start on Friday. After this, the index came to 114,740.29 points.

Apart from this, today the PSX website went offline for some time. The message of ‘We’ll Be Back Soon’ started appearing on the website. Even though it was claimed that the routine maintenance of the website is going on, the rumors of the market fall from time to time got air and there was more fear among investors.

Pakistan’s development estimate also decreased

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also reduced Pakistan’s growth rate estimate to 2.6 percent in its World Economic Outlook. In fact, after India’s retaliation after the deadly terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, there is upheaval in the Pakistani stock market.

India decided to suspend the Indus Water Treaty with immediate effect, closed the Attari-Wagah border. Along with this, many rigorous diplomatic and economic action were also announced, including cancellation of SAARC Visa exemption scheme for Pakistani citizens. This has increased tension on the border of Pakistan and India.

Pressure on Pakistan’s economy

Pakistani news paper Don wrote in his report, “India’s sharp reaction and increasing fears of military conflict have put Pakistan’s delicate economy under heavy pressure.”

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Pakistan Foreign exchange reserves: According to the latest data from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan’s total foreign exchange reserves were recorded at US $ 16.02 billion in the last week of March 14, 2025. According to the report of ARY News, a statement issued by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) stated that SBP reserves increased by $ 48.9 million during this period, causing it to US $ 11.14 billion. In addition, it reached US $ 4.87 billion with an increase of $ 38 million in foreign currency reserves kept by commercial banks. In this way, the total reserves of the country increased by $ 86.9 million to $ 16.02 billion.

On March 20, 2025, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) recorded the highest level in the KSE-100 index so far. During the intra-day trading, the index reached a record-breaking high of 119,421.81 points, while the current index closed at 118,663.73, with a gain of 689.71 points (0.58%).

Positive trends among investors
This positive trend of PSX has shown optimistic spirit among investors. This speed was supported by major shares like Hubc, Mari, Engroh, SYS and PPL, which together contributed 551 points to the index. However, FFC, Efert and POL registered a decline of 54 points in the index by putting negative pressure.

PSX’s future expectations
PSX is likely to continue in the coming days, as investors are optimistic about the future performance of the market. The total trading volume with over 268 million shares stood at Rs 20.2 billion, indicating strong activity in the market. Please tell that Pakistan has been facing financial crisis for many years. In the meantime, the increase in Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves is considered good from the economic perspective of the country. However, during this period, Pakistan is also continuously talking about loans to IMF, but the IMF has placed some strict condition, which is causing trouble for Pakistan.