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KSE-100 falls 0.47% to 166,409 on 30 October 2026 as banks weigh: market wrap

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Market Pulse Hub·30 October 2026·3 min read

The KSE-100 index lost 784.18 points (−0.47%) on Friday, 30 October 2026, to close at 166,409.25. The day’s range was 166,326.69 to 167,338.72. Breadth was broad: 30 of the 100 index stocks rose, 69 fell and 1 were unchanged. UBL (United Bank Limited) did the most work, taking away 103 points on a −0.79% move.

The index is 12.0% below its 52-week high of 189,167; the year-to-date return is −4.39%.

KSE-100 close and biggest index point movers on 30 October 2026
KSE-100 over the last three months, and the stocks that added or took away the most points on 30 October 2026.

Index snapshot

KSE-100 Value
Close 166,409.25
Change −784.18 (−0.47%)
Day high / low 167,338.72 / 166,326.69
1 week +2.48%
1 month −1.32%
3 months −5.50%
Year to date −4.39%
1 year +5.01%
52-week high / low 189,166.83 / 146,480.15
50-day / 200-day average 169,726 / 171,499
Volume, 100 index stocks 234.6 M shares
Market value of index stocks Rs 4.66 tn

The index sits below both its 50-day and 200-day averages, a sign the trend has weakened.

Other indices

Index Close Change
KSE-30 49,037.62 −283.06 (−0.57%)
KMI-30 (Shariah) 237,971.74 −986.41 (−0.41%)
All Share 100,707.77 −457.17 (−0.45%)
KMI All Share 65,023.97 −312.08 (−0.48%)
Banks (BKTI) 45,944.23 −340.32 (−0.74%)
Oil & Gas (OGTI) 33,648.57 −124.49 (−0.37%)
PSX Dividend 20 75,940.41 −353.56 (−0.46%)

Who moved the index

Index points show how much each stock added to or took away from the KSE-100’s move, combining its price change with its weight. The top five contributors added 177 points and the bottom five took away 359.

Added points Change Points
EFERT Engro Fertilizers Limited +1.26% +51.9
POL Pakistan Oilfields Limited +1.58% +48.2
MEBL Meezan Bank Limited +0.48% +40.8
ENGROH Engro Holdings Limited +0.28% +22.9
OGDC Oil & Gas Development Company Limited +0.19% +13.1
SYS Systems Limited +0.33% +12.8
THCCL Thatta Cement Company Limited +2.30% +10.3
CPHL Citi Pharma Ltd. +4.28% +10.2
Took away points Change Points
UBL United Bank Limited −0.79% −102.7
LUCK Lucky Cement Limited −1.42% −88.4
HBL Habib Bank Limited −1.14% −70.2
FATIMA Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited −3.14% −49.2
ATRL Attock Refinery Limited −2.83% −48.2
FFC Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited −0.28% −44.1
PSO Pakistan State Oil Company Limited −1.46% −44.0
NBP National Bank of Pakistan −1.47% −43.4

Sector performance

Consumer Durables contributed the most (+11 points, stocks up +0.62% on a weighted basis) and Banks the least (−260 points).

Sector Index weight Weighted change Index points Up / down
Consumer Durables 1.1% +0.62% +10.8 2 / 0
Glass & Materials 0.5% +0.57% +4.9 1 / 0
Food & Consumer 2.9% +0.08% +3.9 3 / 5
Other 0.9% −0.02% −0.3 1 / 2
Insurance & Financials 0.9% −0.25% −3.7 0 / 3
Transport 0.2% −1.15% −4.8 0 / 1
Engineering & Steel 1.1% −0.24% −5.0 2 / 2
Services 0.7% −0.98% −10.7 0 / 1
Fertilizer 17.9% −0.05% −18.4 2 / 2
Textile 1.3% −0.80% −18.7 3 / 2
Pharmaceuticals 2.7% −0.51% −23.7 1 / 7
Chemicals & Industries 1.1% −1.56% −30.3 1 / 7
Technology 3.6% −0.50% −30.6 1 / 3
Autos 3.5% −0.74% −43.9 3 / 4
Power & Utilities 5.9% −0.73% −72.9 2 / 6
Oil & Gas 16.0% −0.45% −122.6 3 / 5
Cement 8.8% −1.07% −158.5 1 / 9
Banks 31.1% −0.50% −259.7 4 / 10

Top gainers, losers and most active

Among the 100 index stocks.

Top gainers Close Change
CPHL Citi Pharma Ltd. 60.74 +4.28%
THCCL Thatta Cement Company Limited 73.97 +2.30%
JDWS JDW Sugar Mills Limited 886.31 +2.09%
UPFL Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited 26,280.00 +1.66%
POL Pakistan Oilfields Limited 667.04 +1.58%
GHGL Ghani Glass Limited 37.54 +1.38%
APL Attock Petroleum Limited 549.94 +1.35%
EFERT Engro Fertilizers Limited 194.99 +1.26%
Top losers Close Change
IBFL Ibrahim Fibres Limited 245.02 −4.51%
BNWM Bannu Woollen Mills Limited 59.40 −3.32%
PKGS Packages Limited 624.70 −3.24%
FATIMA Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited 134.56 −3.14%
CNERGY Cnergyico PK Limited 13.64 −3.12%
AHCL Arif Habib Corporation Limited 12.92 −2.93%
KEL K-Electric Limited 5.79 −2.85%
ATRL Attock Refinery Limited 1,088.78 −2.83%
Most active Close Volume
CNERGY Cnergyico PK Limited 13.64 111.7 M shares
KEL K-Electric Limited 5.79 21.4 M shares
THCCL Thatta Cement Company Limited 73.97 10.5 M shares
PIBTL Pakistan International Bulk Terminal 12.93 9.4 M shares
BOP The Bank of Punjab 28.35 8.3 M shares
PTC Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd 45.19 4.9 M shares
NCPL Nishat Chunian Power Limited 49.60 4.2 M shares
PAEL Pak Elektron Limited 32.33 4.1 M shares

Off-market blocks

PSX publishes the day’s negotiated (off-market) trades after 5 pm, after this wrap goes out. They appear in the Off-market section of the dashboard each evening.

Investor flows (latest available: 29 October 2026)

NCCPL publishes net buying and selling by investor type the following morning, so this is the most recent session available, not today’s. A positive number means that group bought more than it sold.

Investor type Net
Foreign corporates −Rs 1.40 bn
Companies Rs 581 M
Mutual funds Rs 474 M
Local individuals Rs 465 M
Brokers (own book) −Rs 198 M
Insurance companies −Rs 176 M
Overseas Pakistanis Rs 169 M
Banks and DFIs Rs 106 M

Over the last 20 sessions, foreign investors are net sellers (about US$ 27.4 M) and mutual funds net sellers (−Rs 10.69 bn). Our flow regime reads Institutions selling.

What to watch

  • Recovery towards 189,167. The 52-week high is 12.0% above today’s close.
  • The 50-day average near 169,726. Reclaiming it would repair the short-term trend.
  • Leadership. Whether EFERT, POL, MEBL keep leading, or the gains broaden to more stocks.

Every number in this wrap updates live in the Market Pulse Hub dashboard under PSX, Market Today: the full table of 100 stocks, a sector heatmap, investor flows and off-market blocks.

Bilal, Market Pulse Hub

Source: Pakistan Stock Exchange data portal (index, constituents and off-market transactions) and NCCPL (investor flows), data as of 16:35 PKT on 30 October 2026. Sector groupings, index-point attributions and averages are our calculations. This article is generated from market data for education and information only and is not investment advice.

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