PSX delivers region\'s best 3-year, 5-year returns

Pakistan's benchmark KSE-100 Index has posted the strongest three-year and five-year US dollar returns among 14 major regional and emerging-market indices, according to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). This indicates the depth of the rally that has powered the local equities since 2023. Data compiled as of June 30, 2026, show that the KSE-100 delivered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 67.48% in US dollar terms over three years, the highest of any index in the comparison set, and 17.17% over five years, also the highest. On a one-year basis, the index returned 46.40% in dollar terms, placing it third behind South Korea's KOSPI (141.22%) and Thailand's SET Index (49.26%). The KSE-100's one-year return also outpaced both the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (44.18%) and the MSCI Frontier Markets Index (35.39%), as well as regional peers including Singapore's FTSE Straits Times (33.95%), Japan's TOPIX (26.93%) and China's Shanghai SE Composite (25.50%).