{
  "id": 12292198,
  "title": "Stocks tumble below 166,000 on political noise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/stocks-tumble-below-166-000-on-political-noise",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-06T01:59:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035043/stocks-tumble-below-166000-on-political-noise"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a significant downturn on Monday after the launch of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) highly anticipated march into Islamabad. Investors reacted to the political uncertainty, causing a sharp decline in market capitalisation, with the KSE-100 index plummeting by 2,288 points, or 1.36 percent, and reaching a low of 165,764.21 points during the session. The decline was attributed to a lack of fresh positive catalysts and heightened geopolitical tensions, coupled with elevated oil prices, which added to macroeconomic uncertainty. The opposition's march, which began following the failure of government-opposition talks, raised concerns about further political disruption. As the market reacted to the political developments, trading volume fell by 10.53 percent, and turnover value dipped by 10.18 percent, indicating a weakening of investor participation. Analysts forecast that the equities market would remain volatile and range-bound amid continued geopolitical and domestic political uncertainty, with the potential for positive developments in local or regional politics to support market momentum in the near term.",
  "summary": "KARACHI: The start of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s much-hyped march, after talks with the government collapsed, rattled the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday. Amid uncertainty, jittery investors rushed to sell, driving market capitalisation down by a staggering Rs261 billion in a single session. Persistent geopolitical tensions and elevated oil prices also threatened economic stability.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}