KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Thursday added 223.65 points to reach 40957 points level in early trading.
On Wednesday, the PSX benchmark KSE-100 index closed flat at 40,733 points amid see-saw sentiments during the course of the session.
On the flip side, laggards remained fertiliser erode 34 points, food and personal care products shed 23 points, power generation & distribution took away 19 points, automobile parts and accessories shed 15 points and engineering eroded 14 points, according to AHL Market Data.
They said average daily volumes ticked lower by 17 percent DoD to 138 million shares, likewise average daily value traded significantly went down by 37 percent DoD to settle at Rs6 billion/$59 million given higher activity in side board items. Volume leaders during the day were EPCL with 21.3 million shares.