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A second straight low for the retreat: KSE-100 falls 0.95% to 162,374.87, 13.38% below the record, ending a week that lost 2.43% as MACFL logs a seventh limit-down

The KSE-100 fell 0.95% to 162,374.87 on Friday, 1,549.44 points under Thursday's 163,924.31 and a second straight new low for the retreat, now 1.46% below 13 October's 164,776.44. The index is 6,335 points under the 10% line at 168,710 for a seventeenth straight session, 13.38% below the 6 July record and 5.06% under the 24 July low of 171,021.20 for a twenty-second, and 2.11% under the 5 October close of 165,867.31. The week lost 2.43% against last Friday's 166,419.71, a fifth straight weekly loss and the deepest since the week to 11 September's 2.75%. Breadth was weak but better than Thursday's: 136 advancers against 310 decliners across the 495-name board, with 7 of 33 sectors higher, and 222m traded in declining names against 174m in advancing ones on a 399m tape, up from Thursday's 367m. PASL rose 10.27% to Rs 3.33 on 33m, MACFL fell 9.99% to Rs 59.25 on 27m for a seventh straight limit-down, PRL fell 0.63% on 24m for a fourth straight fall and LSEFSLR jumped 33.90% on 13m. Commercial Banks fell 0.71% with 15 of 19 lower. The KMI-30's 1.23% fall was the deepest of the four gauges and the All-Share's 0.91% the mildest.