Weekly Market Roundup

Mettis Global reported that the KSE-100 finished the week at 170,884.59 points, up 372.73 points or 0.22 per cent from 170,511.86. Market capitalisation rose to Rs4.815 trillion from Rs4.808 trillion on September 11, an increase of about Rs6.46 billion or 0.13 per cent. In dollar terms, the figure climbed from $17.338bn to $17.366bn, an increase of roughly $27.71 million.

According to Mettis Global, investor sentiment improved as global crude oil prices moderated, easing worries about supply disruptions and boosting hopes of renewed US and Iran diplomacy. On a dollar-adjusted basis, the benchmark returned 0.24 per cent, compared with a loss of 2.72 per cent in the previous week. Oil and gas exploration companies gave the index its largest lift, while automobile assemblers were the heaviest drag at 153.62 points.

The Monetary Policy Committee held its key rate at 11.5 per cent, with seven of its 10 members in favour of that call, and kept the FY27 GDP growth forecast at 3.5 to 4.5 per cent. Mettis Global also noted that the gap in the current account shrank by 78 per cent month on month, reaching $98 million in August 2026, helped by remittances of $3.66bn. Passenger car sales rose 36.4 per cent year on year to 13,717 units in August, though monthly sales fell 20.3 per cent from July.