Key Highlights
- According to a Reuters report, this is the worst fall on record for Pakistan's stock market.
- The KSE-30 index was last trading 9.25% lower as trading resumed.
- Despite today's losses, the Pakistan stock market remained 32% higher for the year.
- The decline coincided with steep losses in global equities, though the magnitude of the fall in India’s neighbouring country was among the sharpest.
- Asian shares dropped 1.3%, while US equity-index futures fell 0.6%, trimming earlier losses.
