Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed a volatile session on Tuesday and the benchmark KSE-100 Index gained 111.78 points, closing at 118,332.90 points following reaching at 118,807.92 points during the session.
The stock market ended the session at 118,332.90 against 118,221.12 points in the previous session.
A total of 413,463,794Â shares were traded during the day as compared to 635,535,311 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 16.808Â billion against Rs 18.576 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 459 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 211 of them recorded gains and 210 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 38 companies remained unchanged.
Buying was observed in key sectors including automobile assemblers, power generation, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, and commercial banks. Index-heavy stocks, including HBL, HUBCO, MEBL, NBP, OGDC, PPL, PSO, and SNGPL, traded in the green.
As per market experts, due to different news about the upcoming budget, the stock market is under the influence of uncertainty.