Pakistan’s Stock Market Is Up Over 47% in 2025

• Pakistan: +27% (until June)
• Sri Lanka: +22%
• Taiwan: +20%
• India: +8%

And the momentum hasn’t stopped. The KSE-100’s climb to 172,000+ in December 2025 represents one of the strongest sustained rallies in the exchange’s history.

A Timeline of Resilience and Records

The PSX has a habit of outperforming exactly when sceptics are most vocal. Here are some of the standout moments:

• February 2024: Top 100 listed companies posted record combined net profits of over Rs 1.5 trillion for CY2023 — a 51% surge YoY.
• March 2024: KSE-100 hit 66,547 points, emerging as one of the world’s best-performing markets over the prior year.
• April 2024: Crossed 72,500 points, becoming Asia’s top-performing stock market.
• September 2020: Ranked No. 1 in Asia and No. 4 globally.
• 2020 overall: Fourth-best stock market worldwide and the best in Asia despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
• August 2020: Crossed 40,000 in seven consecutive positive sessions.
• May 2021: Recorded the highest single-day trading volume ever at 2.21 billion shares.
• November 2019: Up 14.9% in a single month — the highest monthly return since May 2013 — and declared the world’s best-performing exchange over the prior three months.
• July 2023: Bloomberg named PSX the world’s best-performing market for the week; it ranked third-best for the entire month.
• August 2022: Best-performing market globally for the first half of the month; PKR was simultaneously the world’s best-performing currency.
• October 2024: A dramatic single-day rebound of 7,000 points following political developments in Islamabad.

Yet there were darker chapters too. After years of strong performance between 2010–2017, the market suffered sharp declines during periods of political instability. In 2022, it swung from world-beater to third-worst in Asia within months. Critics pointed to policy uncertainty and external pressures. Recovery only regained momentum when stability returned.