The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended Tuesday’s trading session in green, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 362 points, or 0.74pc, to close at 49,059.60.
The benchmark index crossed the 49,000 point barrier after a day of volatile trading, as volumes were led by engineering and power generation and distribution shares.
Around 94m shares had changed hands by the end of the session, with a total worth of nearly Rs 7.22b.
The stocks of 385 companies were traded, of which 285 gained in value, 83 declined and 17 remained unchanged.
Volumes were led by:
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K-Electric Ltd.: 36m shares traded [-1.99pc];
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Aisha Steel Mill: 25.6m shares traded [+4.97pc];
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Power Cement Ltd.: 10.6m shares traded [+5.26pc];
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Pak Refinery: 10.3m shares traded [+3.32pc]; and,
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Azgard Nine: 9.23m shares traded [+0.19pc]
