April 18: The News report by Mumtaz Alvi states that trading was halted at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday after the benchmark KSE-100 index soared almost 1,500 points — a rise of 5 per cent — a day after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) slashed the policy rate by 200 points in a surprise move.
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