KARACHI: The Karachi stocks, in a bid to recoup overnight losses, gained 178 points to reach 33970.43 points level in early trading on Friday, the last trading day.
On Thursday, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)-100 index lost 37.99 points to close at 33,792.37 points as compared to 33,830.36 of the previous session. The KSE-30 Index shed 54.34 points and closed at 20,572.53 points against 20,626.87 points of the last closing.
The market volume decreased to 170.243 million shares traded as compared to 195.245 million shares traded in the previous session. Trading value at the local bourse fell to Rs 7.064 billion against Rs 8.471 billion of the previous session. Out of 370 scrips, 137 scrips advanced, 213 scrips declined while the value of 20 scrips remained unchanged.
