PSX rebounds with strong gains amid positive current account data

KARACHI (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) staged a significant recovery on Wednesday, ending its two-day losing streak as the current account balance showed improvement.

During intraday trading, the KSE-100 index surged by over 3,800 points, reaching 177,023 points, up from its previous close of 173,150.41 points.

A day earlier, the benchmark index witnessed bearish trend, losing 1,303.52 points, a negative change of 0.75 percent, to close at 173,150.42 points compared to 174,453.94 points on the previous trading day, according to PSX data.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 716.035 million shares with a traded value of Rs 40.471 billion, against 773.291 million shares valuing Rs 46.242 billion in the previous session. Market capitalization declined to Rs 19.666 trillion from Rs 19.781 trillion a day earlier.

Out of 477 active companies in the ready market, 128 advanced, 293 declined, and 56 remained unchanged.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s External Current Account Balance recorded a surplus of US$ 121 million in January 2026 compared to a deficit of $ 265 million in December 2025.

However, during the first seven months of fiscal year 2025-26, the Current Account Balance recorded a deficit of $ 1,074 million in comparison to a surplus of $ 564 million during July-January FY 2024-25, the State Bank of Pakistan reported on Tuesday in the monthly summary of Balance of Payments.

The cumulative balance in trade of goods during July-January 2025-26, according to the provisional figures released by the central bank, recorded a deficit of $ 18,402 million as compared to $ 14,056 million deficit in corresponding period of FY24-25.

The balance on Trade in goods during January 2026 has recorded a deficit of $ 2,591 million as compared to a deficit of $ 2,979 million in December 2025 and $ 2,473 million in January 2025, the data depicted.