KARACHI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Pakistani stocks closed lower onThursday as investors engaged in a pre-weekend sell-off afterthe market traded at an all time-high.
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) benchmark 100-share indexended 0.93 percent, or 146.94 points, lower at 15,698.36 ontotal volume of 112.15 million shares.
"The market flirted with its all-time highs. Then, there wasselling from institutional investors, which brought alongselling from retailers," said Suleman Maniya at Al-MeezanInvestments.
In the currency market, the Pakistani rupee endedslightly stronger at 95.48/95.68 compared to Thursday's close of95.50/95.70 to the dollar.
Overnight rates in the money market closed at 7.00 percentcompared to Thursday's 9.90 percent.
(Reporting by Aisha Chowdhry)
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