Stocks close below 113,000 on profit-taking
KARACHI: The stock market snapped its three-day winning streak on Friday as jittery investors indulged in profit-taking towards the end of the session mainly due to growing concerns about the economy amid the contraction of large-scale manufacturing, dragging the benchmark KSE 100 index below 113,000.
Listing the key factors that halted the market bullish drive, Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Corporation told Dawn that the investor fear over the government tax reforms ahead of the IMF review next month amid revenue shortfalls and a rise in bond yields depressed market sentiment.
He added that the market turned bearish amid dismal data on LSM........
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