The KSE-30 Index is a

stock market index In finance, a stock index, or stock market index, is an Index (economics), index that measures the performance of a stock market, or of a subset of a stock market. It helps investors compare current stock price levels with past prices to calcul ...

which tracks the performance of the top 30 most liquid companies listed on the

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s in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. The index is based on a free float methodology in differentiation to other indices based of paid-up capital. The KSE-30 Index was launched and implemented by the

Karachi Stock Exchange The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), founded as Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), is a stock exchange based in Karachi, Pakistan. PSX was classified by MSCI as a Frontier markets, frontier market on 8 September 2021. Pakistan Stock Exchange was fou ...

in 2006. In 2016, the

was merged with the

Lahore Stock Exchange LSE Group, formerly known as Lahore Stock Exchange is a Pakistani investment company based in Lahore, Pakistan. LSE Group consists of three companies: LSE Capital, LSE Financial Services, and LSE Ventures, all of them are listed on the Pakistan ...

and

Islamabad Stock Exchange The Islamabad Stock Exchange ( or PSX-ISE) was a stock exchange located in Islamabad, Capital Territory, Pakistan. In 2016, it merged with the Pakistan Stock Exchange. History Islamabad Stock Exchange was incorporated as a guarantee-limited c ...

to the

Pakistan Stock Exchange The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), founded as Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), is a stock exchange based in Karachi, Pakistan. PSX was classified by MSCI as a frontier market on 8 September 2021. Pakistan Stock Exchange was founded in 1947 as ...

(PSX). In 2016, the PSX announced a change in the KSE-30 index, stating that it would only cover the top thirty companies. The index will be re-composed twice a year.

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Bloomberg.com
{{Economy of Pakistan 2006 establishments in Pakistan Pakistani stock market indices Pakistan Stock Exchange

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