Pakistan, Feb. 9 -- The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a sharp dip on Monday, the first day of the business week, amid cautious trading. The KSE-100 index briefly rose over 1,500 points to reach 185,650.59 before bears took control, pushing it down by 1,195.39 points to close at 182,934.19.

The decline followed a bearish trend in the previous session, where the benchmark index fell 3,702.50 points, a 1.97 percent drop. Investors remain wary amid market volatility and profit-taking after recent gains.

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Trading volume during the session increased to 1,272.642 million shares with a total value of Rs 60.36 billion, up from 1,195.264 million shares worth Rs 44.10 billion in the prior session...