PSX · PAPER, BOARD & PACKAGING · Explained move
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On 18 Mar 2026, PKGS rose 5.94% to close at Rs 685.22, on 0.28× its 20-day average volume. It opened 2.66% above the previous close. Its sector moved the same way: the median name rose 1.95%, and 10 of 10 names were up. The KSE-100 rose 2.85% the same day. Across the market, foreign investors sold a net Rs 711.96M, which local investors bought. The move was 2.00× the stock's usual daily move. Exchange notices in the last two sessions: board meeting.
Open the chart on 18 Mar 2026
The day's numbers
- Close
- Rs 685.22
- Change on the day
- +5.94%
- Gap at the open
- +2.66%
- Shares traded
- 1,395
- Volume against its 20-day average
- 0.28×
- KSE-100 the same day
- +2.85%
The record's sentence
PKGS closed up 5.9% at Rs 685.22. Its sector rose too: 10 of 10 stocks, the typical one by 1.9%. PKGS beat that by 4.0 points. 1,395 shares traded, 0.3 times a normal day. It is still 19.4% below its 52-week high of Rs 849.94.
Source: the explained-move record for the session of 18 Mar 2026, written 17 Oct 2026.
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