Selling pressure persisted on Wednesday at The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as the benchmark KSE-100 Index lost nearly 400 points following a volatile session on Tuesday.
At 11:13am, the benchmark index was trading at 170,075.69, a loss of 371.60 points or 0.22%.
Selling pressure was seen across major sectors, notably cement, commercial banks, fertiliser, oil and gas exploration firms, OMCs, power generation, and refineries.
On Tuesday, the KSE-100 Index declined by 294.05 points, or 0.17%, to settle at 170,447.30 points.
Meanwhile in the currency market, the Pakistani rupee edged higher against the US dollar, gaining 0.06% in early interbank trading on Wednesday.
By 10am, the local currency was trading at 280.13, up Rs0.17 versus the greenback.
