PSX Glossary: Urdu–English Share Market Words
The most common share market words in English and Urdu, each with a one-line meaning. Type in the box to search.
| English | Urdu | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Share / Stock | حصص / شیئر | A small part of ownership in a company. Owning shares makes you a part-owner. |
| Stock exchange | اسٹاک ایکسچینج | The market where shares are bought and sold. In Pakistan it is the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). |
| Broker | بروکر | A licensed company (TREC holder) that places your buy and sell orders on PSX. |
| CDC account | سی ڈی سی اکاؤنٹ | Your electronic account at the Central Depository Company where your shares are held. |
| Sub-account | سب اکاؤنٹ | Your CDC account opened through your broker. Shares sit in your name under the broker. |
| NCCPL | این سی سی پی ایل | National Clearing Company. It settles trades and calculates capital gains tax. |
| SECP | ایس ای سی پی | Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, the regulator of brokers and listed companies. |
| Index | انڈیکس | A number that tracks a group of shares, such as the KSE-100, to show how the market is doing. |
| KSE-100 | کے ایس ای 100 | Pakistan’s main index of 100 large companies. |
| KMI-30 | کے ایم آئی 30 | An index of 30 large Shariah-compliant companies. |
| Market capitalisation | مارکیٹ کیپٹلائزیشن | Share price × total shares: the market value of a company. |
| Free float | فری فلوٹ | Shares available for public trading, excluding those held by owners and the government. |
| Bull market | تیزی کی مارکیٹ | A market where prices are rising for a long time. |
| Bear market | مندی کی مارکیٹ | A market where prices are falling for a long time. |
| Bid | بڈ (خرید کی قیمت) | The highest price a buyer is ready to pay right now. |
| Ask / Offer | آفر (فروخت کی قیمت) | The lowest price a seller is ready to accept right now. |
| Spread | اسپریڈ | The gap between the bid and the ask. |
| Market order | مارکیٹ آرڈر | An order to buy or sell immediately at the best available price. |
| Limit order | لمٹ آرڈر | An order to buy or sell only at your chosen price or better. |
| Stop loss | اسٹاپ لاس | A price at which you exit a losing trade to limit the loss. |
| Target | ٹارگٹ | The price at which you plan to take profit. |
| Volume | والیوم | The number of shares traded in a period. |
| Liquidity | لیکویڈیٹی | How easily a share can be bought or sold without moving its price much. |
| Upper / lower circuit | اپر / لوئر سرکٹ | The maximum a share can rise or fall in one day under PSX rules. |
| Ready market | ریڈی مارکیٹ | The normal market where you buy and sell shares for settlement in T+1/T+2. |
| Futures market | فیوچرز مارکیٹ | Contracts to buy or sell shares at a future date. Higher risk; for experienced traders. |
| Settlement (T+1) | سیٹلمنٹ | The day the money and shares actually move after a trade. |
| Blue chip | بلو چپ | A large, well-established company with a long record. |
| Portfolio | پورٹ فولیو | All the shares and investments you hold. |
| Diversification | تنوع | Spreading money across different shares and sectors to reduce risk. |
| Dividend | منافع منقسمہ (ڈیویڈنڈ) | Cash paid by a company to shareholders from its profits. |
| Bonus shares | بونس شیئرز | Free extra shares given to existing shareholders. |
| Right shares | رائٹ شیئرز | New shares offered to existing shareholders, usually at a lower price, for cash. |
| Book closure | بک کلوژر | Dates when a company closes its register to decide who gets a dividend, bonus or right. |
| Ex-date | ایکس ڈیٹ | The first day a share trades without the right to the latest payout. |
| Face value | فیس ویلیو | The nominal value of a share (usually Rs 10). Dividends are announced as % of it. |
| IPO | آئی پی او | Initial public offering: when a company sells shares to the public for the first time. |
| Book building | بک بلڈنگ | The IPO stage where large investors bid and the final price is set. |
| EPS | فی شیئر آمدنی (ای پی ایس) | Earnings per share: company profit divided by number of shares. |
| P/E ratio | پی ای ریشو | Price ÷ EPS. Shows how many years of current profit the price represents. |
| Book value | بک ویلیو | Company assets minus liabilities, per share. |
| Dividend yield | ڈیویڈنڈ ییلڈ | Yearly dividend ÷ share price, as a percentage. |
| Fundamental analysis | فنڈامینٹل اینالیسس | Judging a company by its business, profits, debt and value. |
| Technical analysis | ٹیکنیکل اینالیسس | Studying price charts and volume to understand trends and timing. |
| Candlestick | کینڈل اسٹک | A chart bar showing the open, high, low and close for a period. |
| Trend | ٹرینڈ (رجحان) | The general direction of price: up, down or sideways. |
| Support | سپورٹ | A price area where buying has stopped falls before. |
| Resistance | ریزسٹنس | A price area where selling has stopped rises before. |
| Breakout | بریک آؤٹ | When price moves above resistance or below support with strength. |
| Moving average | موونگ ایوریج | The average price over a set number of days, drawn as a line on the chart. |
| RSI | آر ایس آئی | An indicator (0–100) that shows the strength of recent price moves. |
| Volatility | اتار چڑھاؤ | How much and how fast a price moves up and down. |
| Capital gains tax (CGT) | کیپیٹل گینز ٹیکس | Tax on profit made from selling shares. |
| Filer (ATL) | فائلر | A person on FBR’s Active Taxpayer List. Filers pay lower tax rates. |
| Margin trading | مارجن ٹریڈنگ | Buying shares with borrowed money. It increases both profit and loss. |
| Short selling | شارٹ سیلنگ | Selling shares you don’t own, hoping to buy back lower. Allowed only under strict rules. |
| Pump and dump | پمپ اینڈ ڈمپ | A scam where a share is hyped to push its price up, then the promoters sell. |
| Risk : reward | رسک ریوارڈ | Comparing the possible loss of a trade with its possible gain. |
| Position size | پوزیشن سائز | How many shares you buy in one trade, based on how much you can afford to lose. |
| Averaging | ایوریجنگ | Buying more of a share at a different price, which changes your average cost. |
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