{"id":20940,"date":"2026-04-02T15:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=20940"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:28:43","slug":"psx-falls-sharply-after-trump-announces-more-strikes-on-iran-index-drops-over-4000-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=20940","title":{"rendered":"PSX Falls Sharply After Trump Announces More Strikes on Iran, Index Drops Over 4,000 Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed a sharp decline after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an escalation in attacks on Iran, putting the market under pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the start of trading on Thursday, the KSE-100 index recorded a significant drop, falling by 3,763 points to 151,748 in early hours.<\/p>\n<p>During the session, the negative trend intensified further, with the index declining by 4,088 points to reach 151,423, reflecting a notable market downturn.<\/p>\n<p>According to data, the KSE-100 index fell by 2.63 percent overall, indicating cautious sentiment among investors.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that the market had surged a day earlier after Trump signaled a possible exit from the Iran conflict, but the latest announcement reversed the trend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed a sharp decline after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an escalation in attacks on Iran, putting the market under pressure. From the start of trading on Thursday, the KSE-100 index recorded a significant drop, falling by 3,763 points to 151,748 in early hours. During the session, the negative trend intensified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,47,46],"tags":[2116,1358,11093,5160,673,2692],"class_list":["post-20940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news","category-latest","tag-donald-trump","tag-investment","tag-iran-tensions","tag-market-decline","tag-pakistan-stock-exchange","tag-psx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20944,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20940\/revisions\/20944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}