Pakistan Stock Exchange
| Formerly | Karachi Stock Exchange Limited |
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| Company type | Stock exchange |
| PSX | |
| Founded | Founded as Karachi Stock Exchange on 18 September 1947 |
| Headquarters | Karachi-74000 , |
Key people | Shamshad Akhtar (Chairperson and Independent Director) Farrukh H. Sabzwari (CEO and Managing Director) |
| Revenue | Rs. 3.114 billion (US$11 million) (2024) |
| Rs. 1.11 billion (US$3.8 million) (2024) | |
| Total assets | Rs. 14.189 billion (US$49 million) (2024) |
| Total equity | Rs. 11.439 billion (US$40 million) (2024) |
| Owners | China Financial Futures Exchange (17%) Shanghai Stock Exchange (8%) Shenzhen Stock Exchange (5%) Pak China Investor Company (5%) Habib Bank Limited (5%) |
Number of employees | 223 (2024) |
| Website | psx dps |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of 31 December 2024 | |
| Coordinates | 24°50′50.7″N 66°59′53.9″E / 24.847417°N 66.998306°E |
|---|---|
| Currency | Pakistani rupee (₨) (PKR) |
| No. of listings | 525 (December 2024) |
| Market cap | Rs. 14.495 trillion (US$50 billion) (December 2024) |
| Indices | KSE 100 Index KSE-30 Index KSE ALL Index KMI 30 Index KMI ALL Index |
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), founded as Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), is a stock exchange based in Karachi, Pakistan. PSX was classified by MSCI as a frontier market on 8 September 2021.
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.
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. As of year-end 2024, PSX has a total of 525 listed companies with a total market capitalization of 14.495 trillion PKR.