KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange Thursday regained 127.46 points to reach 36626.89 points level till midday.
On Wednesday, bear-run continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, with the benchmark 100-share index losing 82.93 points (0.23%) to close at 36,499.43 points. PSMC (up 3.15%) and HCAR (0.83%) in the automobile sector continued their upward trajectory on the back of depreciating Yen. OGDC (up 0.90%), POL (0.73%) and PPL (0.26%) in the E&P sector gained to close in the green zone, as crude oil prices recovered to trade above $49/bbl level. Volumes decreased by 9.7% to 298m shares while value also decreased by 21% to Rs9b/$86.5m. Heavy weight stocks like ENGRO, MCB, UBL declined by 2%, 1.6% and 0.4% respectively.