Bears dominated the Pakistan Stock Exchange this week as escalating US-Iran tensions and relentless foreign selling sparked a historic rout.

The benchmark KSE-100 index endured one of its steepest declines in history, shedding 6,343 points, or 3.6%, during the week to close at 173,169.

In this week’s Stock Watch, powered by Chase Securities and Bank of Punjab, Nukta’s Habib Khan and Shahbaz Ashraf welcome Yasin Kodvavi, Head of Equity at Optimus Capital, to analyze the panic situation at the market and the broader market outlook in these volatile times.