KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange Friday continued its upward journey to make new record as benchmark 100-index added 87.79 points to reach 36772.84 points level in early trading.
On Thursday, the index rallied by 367 points to close at the highest-ever level of 36,685 points. Rally in the market is attributed to the 9 scrips that are expected to be included in MSCI Emerging market index as MCB, up 4.97%, ENGRO, 2.04%, and HUBC, 2.26%, closed in the green zone. Biggest laggards of the aforementioned sector were OGDC, down 1.24%, and ATRL, 0.48%. Volumes increased by a staggering 74% to 468m shares while value also increased by 57% to Rs 16b.