ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw a significant decline of 1,200 points on Monday, currency traders and analysts said, attributing the slump to uncertainty over the outcome of Islamabad’s talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1 billion tranche.
The benchmark KSE-100 index dropped by 1,264.78 points, or 1.12 percent, to 111,986.88 points, compared to Friday’s close of 113,251.66.
The development came as an IMF team arrived in Pakistan for the first review of a $7 billion loan program Islamabad secured in September.
“Foreign outflows, weak rupee, lower global crude oil prices and uncertainty over outcome of Pakistan-IMF talks this week played a catalyst role in the…
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