The Chai Tattle - 5th January 2026
A brief summary of the economic market at end of day looking at indicators and metrics not found elsewhere.
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The benchmark index broke the 180k barrier with some ease closing above 182.4k and represented around 45% of the total volume traded on the equity market. The number of trades registered jumped over the 600k mark and around 53% of the equities were in the green. A marked changed from the end of last year where investors were tetchy about getting into the market
There is a clear positive skew in the data showing strength in the market, this can be seen in the liquidity percentage for both gains and declines in equities, both above 74%.
Trading was deep and mostly evenly distributed among the sectors.
Top News
Liven Pharma and Hoover Pharma are in discussions for a possible merger Hover pharma.
Crescent Star Insurance has sold 2.6mn shares of its own reducing its cumulative shareholding percentage to just above 19%. The company has also withdrawn its public intention to purchase 38% voting shares of SG Power Limited.
Earnings
REV & NI figures are in 000's.
SECP has notified via the PSX all listed companies mandatorily need to start reporting their gender pay gap data in filings.
