Karachi: The bourse continuing its bullish trend on Thursday climbed to a historic high of 131,000 points after gaining more than 800 points at the start of the session.
The PSX benchmark KSE-100 Index shattered previous records yesterday closing at an all-time high of 130,344.03 points.
Continuing its bullish momentum, the index surged by 2,144.61 points—an impressive gain from the previous close of 128,199.43.
The latest milestone underscores growing optimism in the financial markets, as the PSX continues to attract both local and foreign interest amid signs of economic recovery.
A total of 1,026,117,776 shares were traded during the day whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 49.294 billion against Rs 44.008 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 473 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 256 of them recorded gains and 192 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 25 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 89,872,005 shares at Rs 1.61 per share, Bank of Punjab with 89,872,005 shares at Rs 11.54 per share and Kohinoor Spinning with 46,349,499 shares at Rs 6.12 per share.
