
According to Bloomberg, the Pakistani benchmark stock market index is the third-best performer in the world since 2009. It was Pakistan's largest stock exchange, and was listed among the ten best stock markets in the world in 2015. It was located at the Stock Exchange Building (SEB) on Stock Exchange Road, in the heart of Karachi's business district near I. UK's Foreign Secretary William Hague rings the closing bell at the Karachi Stock Exchange on 24 June 2010įounded on 18 September 1947, Karachi Stock Exchange Limited (KSE) was registered in Pakistan. The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) came into existence in January 2016 when the Government of Pakistan decided to merge the three large exchange markets of the country (based in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad) into one combined market. In December 2016, PSX sold 40% strategic shares to a Chinese consortium for US$85 million. One of the PSX's constituent stock exchanges, the Karachi Stock Exchange, was listed among the world's best performing frontier stock markets: between 20 it delivered an average 26% return annually. There are also about 400 brokerage houses which are members of the PSX as well as 21 asset management companies. Investors on the exchanges include 1,886 foreign institutional investors and 883 domestic institutional investors along with about 220,000 retail investors. As of January 2022, there are about 375 companies listed on the PSX with a total market capitalisation of PKR 7,756 billion (US$27 billion). The PSX was established on 11 January 2016 after the merger of the Karachi Stock Exchange, Lahore Stock Exchange and Islamabad Stock Exchange. PSX was classified by MSCI as a frontier market on 8 September 2021. The Pakistan Stock Exchange ( Urdu: بازارِ حِصَص پاکستان, abbreviated as PSX) is a stock exchange in Pakistan with trading floors in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. Shamshad Akhtar (Chairperson and Independent Director)įarrukh H. (Originally Karachi Stock Exchange founded on 18 September 1947) Integration of stock exchange - Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) with reference to the schemes of integration between the Karachi Stock Exchange Limited (KSE) and Lahore Stock Exchange Limited (LSE), and KSE and Islamabad Stock Exchange Limited (ISE) submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) under section 17 of the Stock Exchanges (Corporatization, Demutualization and Integration) Act, 2012 (the "Act") read with regulation 11 of the Stock Exchanges (Corporatization, Demutualization and Integration) Regulations, 2012.Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited بازارِ حِصَص پاکستانĢ4★0′50.7″N 66★9′53.9″E / 24.847417°N 66.998306☎ / 24.847417 66.998306 In December 2016, PSX sold 40% strategic shares to a Chinese consortium for $85 million. According to the sources, during 2009 to 2015, PSX achieved the status of world’s best performing stock market, delivering 26% a year. Other members of Pakistan Stock Exchange include 400 brokerage houses, 21 asset management companies. In May 2016, there were 560 companies are listed in PSX catering to the market/ capitalization of $98 billion.Īlong with that there are 1886 foreign institutional investors, and 883 domestic institutional investors along with about 0.22 million retail investors.

PSX was established back on 11th January 2016 as a result of merger of Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad stock markets. PSX is classified as a MSCI Emerging Market, where as the FTSE has categorized Pakistan Stock Exchange as the ‘Secondary Emerging Market ‘in May 2017. Most of trade and commerce of the country is carried out in these main cities of the country.


08 Jun, 2023 b>Pakistan Stock Exchange– is the key stock exchange of the country having trading floors in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.
