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The Chai Tattle - 24th January 2026

A brief summary of the economic market at end of day looking at indicators and metrics not found elsewhere.

Another day that saw a considerable decline in value especially among the indices, although not comparable to yesterday. Volume has up ticked, there was back and forth between index values, but investors have been trying to limit their losses which has seen most equities lose their value that is shown in the index.

Regardless of the day outlook it seems that the PSX has seem to hit a wall and overall, the sentiment on the market has been cautious and that has led to a number of weeks of general trend being bearish.

Top News

The BOP board has agreed to invest 1bn additionally into BOP exchange private limited.

PNSC informed that NLC, encouraged by a letter form PM stating that in principle NLC should acquire up to 30% shareholding in PNSC, is going to be pursued by NLC.

Earnings

REV & NI figures are in 000's.

Like many of its listed counterparts JDWS has decided to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in the UAE.

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