{
  "id": 12792575,
  "title": "PSX: buying continues, KSE-100 up nearly 400 points amid IMF deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/psx-buying-continues-kse-100-up-nearly-400-points-amid-imf-deal",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T05:12:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40443237/psx-buying-continues-kse-100-up-nearly-400-points-amid-imf-deal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw significant buying interest following the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan reaching a staff-level agreement (SLA) on the fourth review of the $7-billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the third review of the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). The KSE-100 index climbed 397.96 points, or 0.24%, reaching 168,978.36 at 9:50am. Key sectors such as automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, and power generation experienced increased buying activity. Upon approval by the IMF Executive Board, Pakistan will have access to approximately $1 billion under the EFF and $210 million under the RSF, totaling about $5.7 billion in disbursements.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}