PSX gains 447 points to close at 36,142 points

Dunya News

Index recorded an increase of 250 points in the first hour of business

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Thursday continued with bullish trend as KSE-100 index closed at 36,142 points on the fourth business day, with positive change of 447.28 points.

According to details, owing to the reduction in interest rates and probablt facilitation of investors, the Pakistan stock market has been witnessing a surge during the last ten trading sessions. Even the recent terrorist attack on the stock exchange building failed to discourage investors.

During the fourth trading day of the week, an increase of 250 points was recorded in the first hour after which the index crossed the level of 35,900.

The business continued its uptrend and the index recorded a high of 36190.70 points. However, there was a slight decline afterwards, as a result of which the index closed at 36,142 points after rising by 447.28 points at the end of trading day.

During the trading session, the index recorded an improvement of 1.25% while 333,335,470 shares were traded, which resulted in a profit of over Rs 1 trillion to the investors.