— AFPThe Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed in the red on Thursday, with the KSE-100 Index shedding 495 points to settle at 175,547. The KSE-100 Index closed at 175,547 points, down 495 points (-0.28%) day-on-day. Trading activity remained subdued, with benchmark volumes at 222 million shares. Volume leaders within the KSE-100 were PIBTL (32 million shares), CNERGY (28 million shares), and KEL (19 million shares), noted Ahmed Sheraz of KASB KTrade. Overnight, US markets closed lower, while Asian markets traded mixed to negative, a trend mirrored by the PSX.