.When PTI came into power, the stock market was trading at the level of 48,000, which is now trading at the level of 34,000 after coming down to 28,000 points.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has not taken any major decision on stock exchange since coming to power. He had announced a bailout package of Rs 20 billion in the form of market support fund but then former finance minister Asad Umar was removed from the ministry.
In January 2018, Bloomberg predicted that the Pakistan Stock Exchange's Emerging Markets Cross Trading would reach 60,000 points.
Trading in the market improved after the general election and the market was at the level of 48,000. On September 7, 2018, Asad Umar resigned from the Ministry of Finance. The market was trading at 37,721.
In October 2018, the market fell by more than 14 points and the market continued to fall by 9,000 points to reach the level of 38,000.
In October alone, the market reached a two-year low of 36,000. At the beginning of 2019, the market capitalization (investment) recorded a decrease of Rs 450 billion
In April 2019, the market reached a three-year low of 35,000 and the market capitalization had declined by Rs 1,200 billion.
In May 2019, loans were taken from the IMF on strict terms and the market reached the level of 34,000. In May alone, the dollar soared and the stock exchange reached 33,000.
When the government maintained the interest rate at 13.5% in July, the market reached the level of 32,000. In August, the market reached the level of 30,000. Investors lost 125 trillion rupees in one day.
Due to the continuous decline in the Pakistan Stock Exchange, Bloomberg has downgraded the number one world index of the stock exchange. At the end of 2019, the number of listed companies in the market decreased from 546 to 534.
In 2020, the stock market continued to decline. There was a lockdown in the month of March and for the first time on March 12 the market crashed due to a sharp decline which led to a series of temporary suspensions.
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