Investor sentiment remained positive throughout the trading day, as the index recovered sharply from an early dip and maintained its upward trajectory for most of the session.

The market opened on a volatile note, briefly falling to an intraday low of 177,741.46 points, before aggressive buying emerged across key sectors. The benchmark then staged a robust recovery, crossing the 180,000-point level and touching an intraday high of 180,503.55 points.

The index traded largely in positive territory during the latter half of the session, reflecting strong investor confidence and broad-based participation.

At close, the benchmark index settled at 180,392.97, up by 3,353.15 points or 1.89%.

On Monday, the PSX witnessed a historic bullish session as investors aggressively responded to the federal government’s budget measures alongside reports of a preliminary peace understanding between the United States and Iran, which significantly eased global oil supply disruption fears and strengthened broad-based risk appetite across the market.

The benchmark KSE-100 Index staged a powerful rally of 4,639.93 points, or 2.69%, to close at 177,039.83 points.