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A new low for the retreat: KSE-100 falls 1.36% to 165,867, 11.52% below the record, as all 33 sectors decline and 407 names fall against 55 advancers

The KSE-100 fell 1.36% to 165,867 on Monday, its sharpest fall since 14 September and the deepest close of the entire retreat from the 6 July record - about 2,100 points under the 14 September low of 167,971 and 2,842 points under the 10% line at 168,710, which it had closed below on Thursday and Friday. The index is now 11.52% below the record, 3.01% under the 24 July low of 171,021 for an eighth straight session, and 2.41% lower than September's close of 169,969. The session was a rout in breadth: 55 advancers against 407 decliners across the 497-name board, the most decliners and the fewest advancers since the 14 July rout, and not one of 33 sectors closed higher, eight of them without a single advancer. The tape was 441m, of which 413m traded in declining names against 28m in advancing ones - nearly fifteen to one. The selling reached everywhere: Transport fell 4.69% with all six names lower, Power Generation and Distribution 3.77% with 15 of 16 down on KEL's 5.9% and NPL's 6.6%, Oil and Gas Marketing 3.58% with all ten lower, the securities complex 3.19% with 29 of 34 down, Technology and Communication 3.13% with 21 of 22 lower, Chemical 2.55%, Pharmaceuticals 2.52%, the Refinery sector 2.25% in a clean sweep lower on CNERGY's 4% fall on 30m, Cement 1.84%, Commercial Banks 1.42% with 17 of 19 down and Engineering 0.95% on ASL's 6.7%. The All-Share's 1.38% fall was the deepest of the four gauges and the KSE-30's 1.26% the mildest.