PSX: KSE-100 Index closes marginally higher after range-bound trading

According to Business Recorder, the KSE-100 finished Friday's session 233.55 points higher, or 0.14 per cent, at 166,419.72 after a choppy day. The index opened weaker and dipped to an intraday low of 165,956.51 before recovering into positive territory. Topline Securities linked the back-and-forth movement to a lack of market catalysts and elevated crude oil prices.

Five stocks, namely SYS, UBL, MCB, BAHL and EFERT, together added 269 points to the index, Topline said. Losses in OGDC, LUCK, MEBL, PTC and ENGROH, however, pulled the benchmark down by 223 points.

Separately, the FBR pushed the income tax return filing deadline for Tax Year 2026 to October 31, 2026, giving taxpayers two more weeks. The rupee closed at 276.91 against the dollar in the inter-bank market, up Rs0.01. Trading volume on the all-share index dropped to 396.90 million shares from 517.60 million.