Pakistan stock exchange

 


FormerlyKarachi Stock Exchange Limited
Company typeStock exchange
PSX
Founded11 January 2016; 8 years ago
(Originally Karachi Stock Exchange founded on 18 September 1947)
Headquarters
Karachi-74000
, 
Pakistan
Key people
Shamshad Akhtar (Chairperson and Independent Director)
Farrukh H. Khan (CEO and Managing Director)
RevenueDecrease Rs. 1.464 billion (US$5.1 million) (2023)
Decrease Rs. 219.589 million (US$760,000) (2023)
Total assetsIncrease Rs. 13.036 billion (US$45 million) (2023)
Total equityIncrease Rs. 10.395 billion (US$36 million) (2023)
OwnersChina Financial Futures Exchange (17%)
Shanghai Stock Exchange (8%)
Shenzhen Stock Exchange (5%)
Pak China Investor Company (5%)
Habib Bank Limited (5%)
Number of employees
231 (2023)
Websitepsx.com.pk
dps.psx.com.pk
Footnotes / references
Financials as of 30 June 2023[1]
Coordinates24°50′50.7″N 66°59′53.9″E
CurrencyPakistani rupee (₨) (PKR)
No. of listings523 (September 2023)[2]
Market capRs. 10.784 trillion (US$37 billion) (26 Sep 2024)[3]
VolumeRs. 18.380 billion (US$64 million) (26 Sep 2024)[3]
IndicesKSE 100 Index
KSE-30 Index
KSE ALL Index
KMI 30 Index
KMI ALL Index

Pakistan Stock Exchange was founded in 1947 as Karachi Stock Exchange, In January 2016, Karachi Stock Exchange was renamed as Pakistan Stock Exchange after the merger of the Lahore Stock Exchange and Islamabad Stock Exchange.[7]

Investors on the exchanges include 1,886 foreign institutional investors and 883 domestic institutional investors along with about 220,000 retail investors. There are also about 400 brokerage houses which are members of the PSX as well as 21 asset management companies.[8][9]

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