KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange maintained the bullish note of early trading and gained 282.77 points or 0.86 per cent to reach 33198.21 level till midday.
The stock exchange witnessed the highest level of trading at 33226.28 points and lowest level of 32915.44 points, with the total volume of 53,916,040 shares, having Rs3,838,683,684 value.
Byco Petroleum topped the trading companies with a volume of 27,773,500 and price per share of 13.90 (0.79). Ghani Automobile remained second with a volume of 11,338,500 and price per share of 7.30 (7.30) and Lotte Chemical with a volume 8,386,000of price per share of 7.00 (7.00).
Earlier, the KSE started day with a positive note and crossed 33000 psychological barrier as KSE-100 index up 0.88 per cent by gaining 289.17 points to reach 33204.61 level in early trading.
On Wednesday, the KSE lost 108.36 points or 0.33 percent to drop to 32915.44 points. The index fell sharply on Wednesday after unknown miscreants gunned down at least 45 people in the southern area of Karachi in the latest act of terrorism.
