New Delhi, March 13 -- The latest conflict in the Middle East, which is showing no signs of abating and keeping the crude oil prices elevated, is wreaking havoc in the Pakistan stock market, driving the worst intraday declines for its benchmark indices - KSE 30 index during this month.

The KSE 30 index crashed as much as 1.4% to hit the low of 46,647.30 today, extending losses to the third day in a row and on track to end in the red in four of the five sessions this week.

Pakistan stock market's KSE 30 index had slumped 6.90% on Monday - its second-worst intraday fall. On March 2, the index had declined 10%, triggering a trading halt and also recording its worst-ever single-day decline.

So far this week, the index is down 3.5%, while f...