Islamabad: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a mixed trading session on August 12, 2025, with the benchmark KSE 100 index registering marginal gains while the KSE 30 index declined. The KSE 100 closed at 147,005.32, a slight increase of 75.48 points, representing a 0.05% rise. Conversely, the KSE 30 index fell by 92.29 points to close at 45,011.74, reflecting a 0.20% drop.

Market activity witnessed a significant surge in trading volume, with 691,658,929 shares traded in the regular market, compared to 611,205,197 shares in the previous session. This increase in turnover was accompanied by a rise in traded value, which reached 44,579,345,322 rupees, up from 44,004,535,509 rupees. Despite the heightened trading activity, market capitalization experienced a minor contraction, declining to 17,524,629,374,028 rupees from 17,529,521,645,649 rupees.

Futures trading also observed an upswing in volume, reaching 116,595,000 shares compared to 86,200,000 in the preceding session. However, the value of futures contracts traded dipped to 10,194,549,820 rupees from 10,263,445,780 rupees. Meanwhile, off-market trading (ODL) saw a decrease in both volume and value.