<ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;">The equity market opened on a strong note but struggled to
maintain higher levels throughout the session. The KSE-100 Index touched an
intraday high of 150,080 and a low of 148,757, eventually closing at 148,815 —
down 678 points. Trading activity remained somewhat muted, with 210.5 million
shares changing hands and a total turnover of PKR 16.4 billion.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;">Major negative contributors to the index included BAHL (-2%,
-109 points), SYS (-2%, -91 points), MEBL (-1.4%, -87 points), HBL (-1.1%, -55
points), and LUCK (-0.8%, -52 points). On the volume front, PIBTL and BOP led
the activity with 26.2 million and 20.8 million shares traded, respectively.</span></...
