{
  "id": 3671231,
  "title": "PSX: Benchmark index gains over 1,100 points in early trade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/psx-benchmark-index-gains-over-1-100-points-in-early-trade",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-27T05:02:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436639/psx-benchmark-index-gains-over-1100-points-in-early-trade"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a significant surge in its benchmark KSE-100 Index on Thursday morning, gaining over 1,100 points during the opening minutes of trading. The index reached 178,533.76, up by 1,163.06 points or 0.66%. This buying momentum was observed across key sectors such as automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, power generation, and refineries. Index-heavy stocks like HUBCO, MARI, OGDC, PPL, POL, HBL, MCB, MEBL, and UBL traded in the green. The PSX was closed on Wednesday for Eid-Milad-un-Nabi, but on Tuesday, it had closed modestly higher as strong buying in banking and cement stocks helped offset selective profit-taking in energy counters, keeping the index in a relatively narrow range despite intraday volatility.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}