KARACHI: Stocks continued to bleed for the second consecutive day with the KSE-100 index taking a nose dive by 829.42 points (2.65 per cent) and close at 30,520.60.
Start of the rollover week giving way to short-covering by short sellers; declining international oil prices; regional political situation with the PM Imran Khan scheduled to address the nation in the evening and unease over the Financial Action Task Force were some of the factors that pushed investors to resort to profit-taking after the last week’s massive gains.
The local bourse also came under pressure on Monday in line with the regional markets after the latest escalation in the US-China trade war renewed uncertainties about global economies.