LAHORE: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its bull run as the benchmark KSE-100 index surged 836.12 points to 41,392.57 points on news that the government expecting further financial assistance from friendly countries including Malaysia and China.
The KSE-100 index reached an intra-day high of 41,513.63 points and had crossed the 41,000-points barrier continuing its bull run from late last week.
The top sector in trading of stocks was chemical, cement, commercial banks, power generation and distribution and engineering.
The top-performing stocks till the filing of this report were Wyeth Pakistan, Mari Petroleum, Khyber Tobacco and Abbot Laboratories.
The worst performing stocks were Colgate Palmolive, Indus Drying and Manufacturing, Al-Abbas Sugar Mills and Millat Tractors.
