KSE-100: Rising Covid cases stokes stricter lockdown fears as index losses deepen April 24, 2021 Stocks continued their descent and extended losses for the third consecutive day at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), as rising fears over stricter lockdown measures restrained the index. On Friday, the benchmark kse-100 dipped to intra-day low of 566 points to touch 44,363.40 level, however, mid-session the index pared some of the losses. During the session the market was gripped with fears of rising Covid cases and expected stricter lockdown measures in the NCOC meeting, after the Federal Minister for Planning and Development and the Chief of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar earlier this week issued a warning and said that if that if coronavirus situation worsens in the country, the government will be compelled to impose more restrictions.