KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100-index Thursday started with a nominal downward trend, shedding 1.87 points to reach 30101.36 points on the first day of trading after five days of Eid holidays.
The KSE 100-index gained 397.58 points in the week-long trading, as it opened at 29705.65 points on last Monday and closed at 30103.23 points on Friday, despite another week of sit-ins and public meetings, creating political chaos across the country.
The protesting leaders, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek Leader Tahirul Qadri, celebrated Eid in the sit-ins, being staged in the federal capital of the country. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that people have rejected sin-ins politics, while Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was of the view that prolonged protests had destroyed economy badly and Imran Khan was the only responsible of this loss.
