{"id":18946,"date":"2025-05-12T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=18946"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:24:49","slug":"psx-pkr-to-enjoy-a-sharp-rebound-on-ceasefire-imf-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=18946","title":{"rendered":"PSX, PKR to enjoy a\u00a0sharp rebound on ceasefire,\u00a0IMF approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mettisglobal.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG21953Pakistani-Fighter-Jet-in-Flight.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1931460\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KSE-100 surges by 10k points in intraday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The truce, easing regional tensions, has coincided with positive developments on the economic front. The IMF Executive Board approved the immediate&nbsp;disbursement of a $1bn tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), while also greenlighting an additional $1.4bn for climate resilience support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts fraternity&nbsp;is hopeful that the KSE-100 Index to have a rally of 3,000 to 4,500 points, equivalent to a 3.5% to 4.5% gain, right from the opening bell, with a majority of stocks expected to trade in the green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not to forget that due to border tensions, the local bourse could not celebrate the recent cut of 100 bps by MPC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to note that the KSE-100 Index, which had hit a peak of 118,430.35 points on April 22, declined sharply to 102,635.25 points by May 9, 2025, witnessing a loss of over 15,800 points, or roughly 13.33%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, the domestic currency, which has weakened significantly over the past fortnight by 1%, is also projected to rebound on the back of renewed IMF inflows, strong remittances, averaging over $3 billion for the past five months, and renewed market confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overall situation looks favourable for the short term, but there is uncertainty looming as&nbsp;India is&nbsp;yet to reinstate the Indus Waters Treaty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historical patterns suggest that markets tend to recover after initial reactions to geopolitical flare-ups. Past episodes, such as the 2001-02 military standoff and the 2019 Balakot crisis, witnessed steep market declines followed by a swift recovery once the immediate threat of conflict subsided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, the confluence of multiple positive triggers, ceasefire, IMF funding, monetary easing, and corporate resilience, is likely to fuel a historic single-day rally in the stock market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/mettisglobal.news\/psx-pkr-to-enjoy-a-sharp-rebound-on-ceasefire-imf-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mettisglobal.news\/psx-pkr-to-enjoy-a-sharp-rebound-on-ceasefire-imf-approval\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The truce, easing regional tensions, has coincided with positive developments on the economic front. The IMF Executive Board approved the immediate&nbsp;disbursement of a $1bn tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), while also greenlighting an additional $1.4bn for climate resilience support. Analysts fraternity&nbsp;is hopeful that the KSE-100 Index to have a rally of 3,000 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[10801,3336,18114,132,39,17935,36,6760,18116,18115,60,18117,18120],"class_list":["post-18946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-extended-fund-facility","tag-ceasefire","tag-economic-indicators-jumped-up","tag-economy","tag-india","tag-india-pakistan-war","tag-pakistan","tag-psx","tag-rebound","tag-restoration-of-economy","tag-geopolitics","tag-imf-approval","tag-pkr-to-enjoy-a-sharp-rebound-on-ceasefire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18948,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946\/revisions\/18948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}