{"id":10462,"date":"2026-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/2026\/02\/13-feb-2026-psx-closes-lower-amid-profit-taking-trends\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:00:00","slug":"13-feb-2026-psx-closes-lower-amid-profit-taking-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/?p=10462","title":{"rendered":"PSX Closes Lower Amid Profit-Taking Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>On February 13, 2026, the Pakistan Stock Exchange closed on a negative note, with the KSE-100 index shedding over 900 points due to broad-based selling pressure across sectors.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Market Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a negative trading session on February 13, 2026, as the KSE-100 Index closed at <strong>179,603.73<\/strong>, dropping by <strong>908.91 points<\/strong> or <strong>0.50%<\/strong>. The index traded between a high of <strong>180,832.65<\/strong> and a low of <strong>178,237.13<\/strong> during the day.<\/p>\n<h2>Market Statistics<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Total Trades:<\/strong> 345,317<br \/><strong>Total Volume:<\/strong> 708.97 million shares<br \/><strong>Total Value:<\/strong> PKR 38.89 billion<\/p>\n<h2>Index Performance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>All Share Index:<\/strong> 108,021.18 (-379.49 points, -0.35%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>KSE-30 Index:<\/strong> 54,828.32 (-379.24 points, -0.69%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>KMI-30 Index:<\/strong> 253,396.08 (-1,976.44 points, -0.77%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sector Highlights<\/h2>\n<p>Most sectors closed in the red, including Oil &#038; Gas, Banking, and Cement. Notable declines were witnessed in Oil &#038; Gas Exploration Companies and Fertilizers.<\/p>\n<h2>Top Advance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>JSMFI:<\/strong> 46,945.60 (+476.36, +1.03%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Outlook<\/h2>\n<p>Analysts attribute the bearish sentiment to profit-taking at record high levels and caution ahead of corporate earnings announcements. Investors are advised to stay cautious as volatility may persist in upcoming sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 13, 2026, the Pakistan Stock Exchange closed on a negative note, with the KSE-100 index shedding over 900 points due to broad-based selling pressure across sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":10463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,1404],"tags":[17,16],"class_list":["post-10462","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\/10462","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=10462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialliteracy.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}