KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange Friday remained volatile till midday as the benchmark 100-index added 22 points to reach 42434.02 points level.
Earlier, the PSX witnessed variation in early trading and added 14.28 points to reach 42426.08 points level.
On Thursday, stocks closed almost flat amid consolidation in the post-earnings season at PSX. Volatility persisted in the market as the index, which traded between an intra-day high of 122 points and intra-day low of 77 points, finally close up by 7.33 points at 42,411.80 points.
Overall, volumes increased by 28.8% to 496m shares, while value increased by 19.2% Rs15.5b/$148m. Recovery in global crude prices on likely OPEC output freeze supported oil stocks. Cements stocks outperformed on speculations over earnings in CPEC projects and rising local cement prices.
