KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange Wednesday kept the bullish note of previous day and added 196.23 points in early trading to reach 41496.10 points level.
On Tuesday, the stocks staged strong recovery and closed at the highest-ever level after PTI called off its protests. The benchmark 100-share index rallied by 1,406 points, which was the single biggest rise in a single day in its history, and closed at 41,299.87 points. Overall, volumes increased by 113 percent to 506m shares, while value increased by 129 percent to Rs17.2 billion/$165 million.
Interest was seen in heavy weight stocks. HBL, LUCK and UBL contributed 256 points to the gain in index. In anticipation of relief package, NML, NCL and GATM closed at their upper limits of 5%, said dealers at major brokerage.
