Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday witnessed a volatile session as the benchmark KSE-100 Index closed up by 383.44 points to 122,024.44 points, following reaching 122,611.53 points in the intraday trading.
At the onset, the stock market opened in green and during the first half of the session gained over 900 points; however, later the vitality started, and the KSE-100 index dropped the points. However, in the end, it closed up by 383.44 points with a positive change of 0.32%.
A total of 235,282,473 shares were traded during the day as compared to 854,617,208 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 12.679 billion against Rs 25.793 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 473 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 230 of them recorded gains and 200 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 43 companies remained unchanged.
Buying momentum was observed in key sectors, including commercial banks, fertilizer, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, and refineries. Index-heavy stocks, including PRL, WAFI, MARI, OGDC, POL, HBL, MCB, and MEBL, traded in the green.
