{"id":105877,"date":"2026-03-10T06:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sharp-surge-in-psx-following-drop-in-oil-prices-kse-100-gains-9728-points\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:12:16","slug":"sharp-surge-in-psx-following-drop-in-oil-prices-kse-100-gains-9728-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sharp-surge-in-psx-following-drop-in-oil-prices-kse-100-gains-9728-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp surge in PSX following drop in oil prices; KSE-100 gains 9,728 points"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brent crude fell by 7.63% to $91.41 per barrel.<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Karachi: The Pakistan Stock Exchange opened strongly on Tuesday as global crude oil prices saw a significant decline, triggering a sharp positive trend in the market.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The KSE-100 Index jumped by 9,728 points at the start of trading, reaching 156,209 points, compared to 146,480 points at the close of trading yesterday. The market is showing a nearly 6% increase, reflecting renewed investor confidence.<\/p>\n

On the international front, crude oil prices experienced a substantial drop. Brent crude fell by 7.63% to $91.41 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude decreased by 7.24%, settling at $88.63 per barrel.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, crude prices had surged to $120 per barrel, which had triggered a sharp decline in the Pakistan Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n

Analysts suggest that the fall in oil prices has positively impacted the stock market, restoring investor confidence and fueling the current rally.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the President of FPCCI has urged the government to implement an energy emergency in the country to address the ongoing challenges in the energy sector.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brent crude fell by 7.63% to $91.41 per barrel. Karachi: The Pakistan Stock Exchange opened strongly on Tuesday as global crude oil prices saw a significant decline, triggering a sharp positive trend in the market. The KSE-100 Index jumped by 9,728 points at the start of trading, reaching 156,209 points, compared to 146,480 points at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/psx.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}