Karachi: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) witnessed a significant uplift as both the KSE30 and KSE100 indices climbed on January 19, 2026. The KSE30 index closed at 57,522.35, marking an increase from the previous 56,737.75, while the KSE100 index soared to 187,761.69 from 185,098.83. The indices recorded gains of 784.61 and 2,662.86 points, respectively, reflecting percentage increases of 1.38% and 1.44%.

According to Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited, the trading session saw a rise in market turnover and capitalization. The regular market turnover was recorded at 1,198,656,139, up from the previous 959,532,699. The traded value dipped, however, to 63,800,555,498 from 69,463,872,154. Market capitalization saw an increase, reaching 21,194,519,990,050 from the prior 20,974,905,751,561. The Deliverable Future Contracts (DFC) turnover and the Open Deliverable Liquidity (ODL) turnover also experienced growth, with the former increasing to 236,132,500 from 175,406,500, and the latter moving up to 591 from 541.

The day's trading session set a high for the KSE100 at 187,882.05 and a low at 186,127.35, while the KSE30 ranged between a high of 57,572.40 and a low of 57,063.34. The Contract Settlement Fund (CSF) also saw an increase in turnover to 16,500 from 1,000, with its traded value rising to 2,491,245 from 89,330.