PSX · COMMERCIAL BANKS · Explained move
Habib Metropolitan Bank
On 1 Apr 2026, HMB rose 6.62% to close at Rs 111.74, on 3.90× its 20-day average volume. It opened 2.53% above the previous close. Its sector moved the same way: the median name rose 4.87%, and 18 of 19 names were up. The KSE-100 rose 4.55% the same day. Across the market, foreign investors sold a net Rs 170.65M, which local investors bought. The move was 2.50× the stock's usual daily move. Exchange notices in the last two sessions: board meeting, management change, payout credit.
Open the chart on 1 Apr 2026
The day's numbers
- Close
- Rs 111.74
- Change on the day
- +6.62%
- Gap at the open
- +2.53%
- Shares traded
- 2,023,199
- Volume against its 20-day average
- 3.90×
- KSE-100 the same day
- +4.55%
The record's sentence
HMB closed up 6.6% at Rs 111.74. This was a sector day. 18 of 19 COMMERCIAL BANKS stocks rose. The typical one rose 4.9%. 2.0 million shares traded, 3.9 times a normal day. It is still 13.8% below its 52-week high of Rs 129.60.
Source: the explained-move record for the session of 1 Apr 2026, written 17 Oct 2026.
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