PSX investor base nears 700,000 on record October additions

Pakistan’s equity market added 25,747 investors in October 2026, a 66% increase from a year earlier, taking the total to 681,965, up 56% year on year. Mettis Global reported that the monthly gain exceeded the prior peak of 25,281, recorded in September.

Khurram Schehzad, Advisor to the Finance Minister, said the market gained 218,894 investors between January and October 2026, more than the combined net additions in 2022 to 2025. Since June 2022, the investor count has risen by 406,995, or 148% from 274,970, and around 85% of recent entrants are Gen Z and Millennials. The figures point to a widening retail investor base and increased participation by younger people in Pakistan’s capital market.