KARACHI: The upward rally continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange as the benchmark 100-index added 164 points to reach 48414 points level till midday on Wednesday.
Earlier, the stocks opened keeping previous day’s positive note and gained 204 points to reach 48454 points level in early trading.
On Tuesday, the stocks continued to make gains amidst tight volumes with PSX shares index gaining 307 points (0.64%) to breach the 48,000 points barrier and close at 48,250.07 level.
Volumes were led by Azgard Nine with 14.8 million shares traded, Dewan Cement with 14.13 million shares traded and TRG Pak Ltd with 12.7 million shares traded remained in spotlight in the market. Market participation ticked-up from Monday’s lows with volume increasing 12 percent to 147 million shares, however traded value stagnated (-0.3pc) at Rs7.6 billion.