A volatile session was observed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index unable to sustain morning gains as investors resorted to profit-taking during the final hours of trading, sending the index to close in the red zone.
At close, the KSE-100 Index settled at 167,642.27, a decrease of 419.92 points or 0.25%.
On the economic front, Pakistan’s trade deficit increased by nearly 33% to $2.86 billion in November 2025, as compared to the same month of the previous year, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Tuesday.
On Monday, PSX opened the first session of December on a strong upward trajectory, with major indices, market capitalisation, and trading volumes all showing robust improvement, mainly due to strong institutional buying. The benchmark KSE-100 Index surged by 1,384.50 points to close at 168,062.19.
Internationally, stocks made muted gains on Tuesday, as traders remained wary following a slide in cryptocurrencies and a global bond selloff triggered by a looming interest rate hike in Japan.
S&P 500 futures were steady in early trade, after falls on Wall Street overnight, while Japanese government bonds remained under pressure ahead of a 10-year auction after a weeks-long tumble on concern about the nation’s fiscal outlook.
Ten-year JGB yields ticked up 1.5 basis points to a 17-year top of 1.88% in morning trade.
Bitcoin, which has been a talisman for sentiment, had an unsettling 5.2% slump on Monday and at $87,000 is down 30% from an October peak.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6% while Tokyo’s Nikkei crept 0.5% higher after logging a sharp drop on Monday.
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