Trading temporarily suspended at PSX due to 'technical fault'
Trading at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has been temporarily suspended for more than two hours due to a "technical issue", the bourse announced on Wednesday.
"There are some technical issues being identified in the JADE Trading Terminal (JTT)," an initial update on the PSX website said.
"In order to conduct a detailed review of the issues and to protect the interest of the investors, the Exchange has decided to suspend today’s trading session for 2 hours i.e. from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm."
"The Market shall resume after 2 hours with a preopen session from 2:00 pm to 2:05 pm," it added.
The reopening time of the market was later extended by half an hour to 2:30pm.
The market had gained 693.77 or 1.53 per cent when the trading was suspended a little before midday.