{"id":10430,"date":"2026-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/2026\/02\/03-feb-2026-kse-100-surges-1-00-as-market-momentum-persists\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:00:00","slug":"03-feb-2026-kse-100-surges-1-00-as-market-momentum-persists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/?p=10430","title":{"rendered":"KSE-100 Surges 1.00% as Market Momentum Persists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>The Pakistan Stock Exchange posted another robust session on February 3, 2026, with the KSE-100 index rising by 1.00% to close at 186,900.73, backed by strong activity in banking and financial sectors.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Market Highlights \u2013 February 3, 2026<\/h2>\n<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) had another upbeat trading day, with the <strong>KSE-100 Index surging by 1.00%<\/strong>, gaining 1,842.90 points to close at <strong>186,900.73<\/strong>. This upward momentum aligned with recent bullish trends driven by investor optimism and improved macroeconomic indicators.<\/p>\n<h3>Index Performance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KSE-100 Index:<\/strong> 186,900.73 (+1.00%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>KSE-All Share Index:<\/strong> 112,154.61 (+0.86%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>KSE-30 Index:<\/strong> 57,292.12 (+0.85%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>KMI-30 Index:<\/strong> 264,696.41 (+0.72%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Trading Activity<\/h3>\n<p>Market participation remained high with a <strong>total of 411,507 trades<\/strong> recorded. The trading volume reached <strong>848.56 million shares<\/strong>, while the total value stood at <strong>PKR 50.03 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Sector Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Banking and financial sectors<\/strong> led the rally, with BKTI (Banking Index) climbing 1.37%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technology, Fertilizers, and Cement<\/strong> sectors also contributed positively.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Oil &#038; Gas sector<\/strong> faced minor pressure, with OGTI slipping -0.26%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Top Performers<\/h3>\n<p>Stocks in <strong>commercial banking, cement, and fertilization industries<\/strong> were among the top gainers. Notable names included Habib Bank Ltd, Lucky Cement, and Engro Corporation.<\/p>\n<h3>Outlook<\/h3>\n<p>With the KSE-100 maintaining its bullish trajectory and investor sentiment buoyed by economic stability, market analysts anticipate continued positive performance, especially if macro indicators remain favorable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange posted another robust session on February 3, 2026, with the KSE-100 index rising by 1.00% to close at 186,900.73, backed by strong activity in banking and financial sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":10431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,1404],"tags":[17,16],"class_list":["post-10430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-statistics","category-shares","category-stock-market","tag-psx","tag-shares"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}