KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) became upbeat prior to the release of the budget for 2023–24, as the KSE–100 Index increased by 0.52%.
At close, the KSE-100 Index was at 41,904.21, an increase of 217.75 points or 0.52%.
Sectors driving the benchmark KSE-100 index north included technology and communication limited (74.38 points), chemical (53.53 points) and textile composite (29.69 points).
Volume on the all-share index decreased to 164.8 million from 203.8 million on Thursday, while the value of shares traded declined to Rs5.2 billion from Rs5.8 billion recorded in the previous session.
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TPL Properties was the volume leader with 19.5 million shares followed by Unity Foods with 14 million shares and WorldCall Telecom with 13.4 million shares.
Shares of 340 companies were traded on Friday, of which 187 registered an increase, 126 recorded a fall and 27 remained unchanged.
