New Delhi, May 10 -- The Pakistan stock market plunged over nine per cent in four days of bear hammering as the escalation in India-Pakistan spooked investors across the border.

On Friday, the benchmark KSE-30 Index fell 3% on provisional basis to its the lowest since Dec. 19, after dropping as much as 6.1% at one point. India's NSE Nifty 50 Index closed 0.1% higher after swinging between gains and losses most of the session. India's currency fell as much as 0.5% against the dollar in choppy trade.

On Thursday, the benchmark index lost over 6% of its value in intraday deals, sparking a temporary trading halt. In the last four trading sessions, the KSE 100 index lost 9.5% of its value. Meanwhile, since April 22, the day of the Pahalgam t...