{"id":10446,"date":"2026-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/2026\/02\/09-feb-2026-psx-sees-cool-down-as-kse-100-drops-1789-points\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:00:00","slug":"09-feb-2026-psx-sees-cool-down-as-kse-100-drops-1789-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/?p=10446","title":{"rendered":"PSX Sees Cool-Down as KSE-100 Drops 1,789 Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Pakistan Stock Exchange experienced a notable pullback today as the benchmark KSE-100 index dropped by 1,789.20 points, closing at 182,340.38.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Market Overview \u2013 February 9, 2026<\/h2>\n<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish session today as the benchmark <strong>KSE-100 index<\/strong> plunged by <strong>1,789.20 points<\/strong> or <strong>0.97%<\/strong>, settling at <strong>182,340.38<\/strong>. The broader <strong>KSE-All Share Index<\/strong> also followed suit, declining by <strong>916.07 points<\/strong> to close at <strong>109,847.66<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Market Performance Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>High of KSE-100:<\/strong> 185,650.59<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low of KSE-100:<\/strong> 180,992.79<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Number of Trades:<\/strong> 455,342<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Volume:<\/strong> 931.36 million shares<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Value:<\/strong> PKR 58.88 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sector and Index Performance<\/h3>\n<p>Mega sectors including <strong>Oil &#038; Gas<\/strong> and <strong>Banking<\/strong> contributed significantly to the negative trend. The <strong>OGTI<\/strong> fell by <strong>978.55 points (-2.60%)<\/strong>, while the <strong>BKTI<\/strong> retreated <strong>482.48 points (-0.90%)<\/strong>. The <strong>KMI-30 index<\/strong> shed <strong>3,408.58 points (-1.31%)<\/strong>, closing at <strong>256,499.30<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Investor Sentiment<\/h3>\n<p>Despite a stellar start to the year with the KSE-100 maintaining a <strong>4.76%<\/strong> YTD gain, today\u2019s correction was anticipated by market participants, citing profit-taking and broader regional cues. Analysts suggest this dip could present buying opportunities for long-term investors.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>While the market witnessed a downward correction today, the broader trajectory remains positive with strong fundamentals and corporate earnings potential. Market watchers are keeping an eye on macroeconomic indicators and upcoming policy directions that could influence sentiment moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Stock Exchange experienced a notable pullback today as the benchmark KSE-100 index dropped by 1,789.20 points, closing at 182,340.38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":10447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,1404],"tags":[17,16],"class_list":["post-10446","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\/10446","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=10446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}