Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a strong bullish trend on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index recorded a 1.06% positive change with gaining 1547.05 points to close at 146,929.84 points against 145,382.79 points in the previous session.
The stock market remained green during the entire session and also crossed the 147,000 points limit in midday trading.
A total of 297,081,851 shares were traded during the day, as compared to 548,050,956 shares on the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 33. 238 billion against Rs 45.488 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 479 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 242 of them recorded gains and 209 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 38 companies remained unchanged.
Buying was observed in key sectors including automobile assemblers, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration companies, and refinery traded in the green. Index-heavy stocks, including ARL, NRL, MARI, POL, HBL, MCB, MEBL, and UBL, traded in the green.
