KSE-100 achieved an impressive 51 percent return in CY25, closing at a new high and extending its three-year streak of double-digit growth, following gains of 55 percent in CY23 and 84 percent in CY24.
According to Arif Habib Limited (PSX), the index also ranked as the second-best performing frontier market during the year, after Romania.
Over the last three years, the average annual return stands at 64 percent, positioning the KSE-100 among the top-performing global markets over this period.
In USD terms, the market generated cumulative returns of 249 percent over the last three years, a level unmatched by any other market on a three-year cumulative basis.
The KSE-100 outperformed other asset classes such as real estate (17 percent), PIBs (12 percent), T-bills (12 percent), Defence Savings Certificates (11 percent), and bank deposits (9 percent), while gold delivered higher returns of 65 percent over the same timeframe.
Despite periods of short-term volatility, the market has demonstrated sustained long-term growth, with 30-year returns of 23 percent, 25-year returns of 27 percent, 20-year returns of 21 percent, 15-year returns of 23 percent, 10-year returns of 22 percent, and 5-year returns of 37 percent, underscoring its resilience.
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