PSX reshuffles KSE-100 index: four companies in, four out from October 1

The Pakistan Stock Exchange has recomposed the benchmark KSE-100 Index for the review period March to August 2026, with four companies entering and four leaving the index effective October 1, 2026.

The incoming companies are Image Pakistan Limited, Thatta Cement Company Limited, Nishat Chunian Power Limited and Bank Makramah Limited, which replace Hum Network Limited, Mehmood Textile Mills Limited, Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited and Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited.

According to the exchange’s announcement, three of the four exits were driven by the market-capitalisation-based rule, while Hum Network’s removal followed the sector-based rule under the index methodology.

Index reconstitutions matter for investors because mutual funds, ETFs and other index-tracking products adjust their holdings to mirror the changes, often generating heightened trading activity in the affected stocks around the effective date.