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GMT</pubDate><category>IPO</category><category>PSX</category><category>getting-started</category><author>Equivest</author></item><item><title>Right shares on PSX: subscribe, sell, or lapse</title><link>https://equivest.app/blog/right-shares-psx-subscribe-sell-or-lapse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://equivest.app/blog/right-shares-psx-subscribe-sell-or-lapse/</guid><description>What a PSX rights issue is, how the letter of right (LOR) trades, what a right is worth, and subscribe vs sell vs lapse worked through with numbers.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>right-shares</category><category>corporate-actions</category><category>PSX</category><author>Equivest</author></item><item><title>Circuit breakers and upper/lower locks on PSX</title><link>https://equivest.app/blog/psx-circuit-breakers-upper-lower-lock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://equivest.app/blog/psx-circuit-breakers-upper-lower-lock/</guid><description>How PSX price bands 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