KARACHI: After withstanding a terror attack yesterday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued trading on Tuesday with the upward trajectory.
The benchmark KSE 100 index increased by 240.12 points (0.7%) and closed on 34.421.12 points. The indices reached its lowest point during intra-day trading at 34,146.05 points. The total volume of shares traded at the course were 124.288 points valued to Rs6.163 billion.
The lower bench KSE 30 index closed at 109.64 (0.74%) and closed at 14,862.25 points. The total volumes of scripts were 66.039 million.
The KMI 30 index gained 27.57 (0.05%) and closed at 54,995.25 points, while the All-Share Index witnessed a rise of 149.48 points (0.61%) and closed at 24,660.31 points.
The top active stock was the Pakistan Refinery (PRLR1) which saw a massive drop of 66.67% in share prices and traded 39.592 million shares.
This was followed by Sui Southern Gas (SSGC 4.87%), TRG Pakistan (TRG 3.56%), and K-Electric (KEL 4.88%). The numbers of shares traded were 14.587 million, 13.709 million, and 9.239 million respectively.
The sector which contributed the most to the KSE 100 index was commercial banks (44.2 points) while the Power Generation and Distribution sector witnessed the highest change (2.01%) in market capitalisation.