{
  "id": 16007178,
  "title": "PSX: selling at bourse, KSE-100 sheds over 800 points",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/psx-selling-at-bourse-kse-100-sheds-over-800-points",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T06:11:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445417/psx-selling-at-bourse-kse-100-sheds-over-800-points"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a significant sell-off on Thursday, with the KSE-100 Index shedding over 800 points during the opening hours of trading. By 11:05am, the benchmark index was trading at 165,075.01, down 855.97 points or 0.52%. Sectors that saw selling pressure included automobile assemblers, cement, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, power generation, and refineries. Index-heavy stocks such as ARL, HUBCO, MARI, OGDC, PPL, PSO, SSGC, SNGPL, HBL, and UBL traded in the red. The sharp decline comes after a rebound on Wednesday, when renewed institutional buying, optimism over diplomatic efforts to resolve the US–Iran conflict, and expectations surrounding the draft Auto Policy 2026–31 lifted the index. Globally, Asian stocks struggled to stay above water, with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 0.2% on Thursday, on track for a fourth straight week of decline.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "PSX: selling at bourse, KSE-100 sheds nearly 400 points in early trade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/psx-selling-at-bourse-kse-100-sheds-nearly-400-points-in-early-trade",
        "published": "2026-10-22T04:53:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}