LSE -Lahore Stock Exchange was established in October 1970 and is the second largest stock exchange of Pakistan with a market share of around 12-16% in terms of daily traded volumes. LSE was the first Exchange in the country to take on automation of trading at the exchanges in 1994. LSE has made large investments in technology & automation to keep pace with globalization of securities trading.

LSE was the first Exchange in Pakistan to offer online Internet based trading to its members in the year 2001. It enables the brokers to reach out to the unexploited retail markets. Currently, more than 50% of the total trading volume at the LSE originates from Internet trading terminals. Activities of Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) have increased significantly in all operational areas since its inception. Over the years, LSE has successfully met various challenges and has now emerged, fully geared and positioned to aggressively compete with its fellow Exchanges, contributing towards the growth of Capital Markets in Pakistan.

LSE statistics, It has 519 companies, spanning 37 sectors of the economy, that are listed on the Exchange with total listed capital of Rs. 555.67 billion having market capitalization of around Rs. 3.64 trillion. LSE has 152 members of whom 81 are corporate and 54 are individual members.