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The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday experienced an upward trend as the KSE-100 benchmark closed after a positive change of 1017.66 points.
The market witnessed an increase of 0.72 percent, the KSE-100 index closed at 142,052.64 points, as compared to 141,034.98 points on the last trading day.
During the day, the market mostly experienced an upward trend, with a total of 482 shares traded in the stock market, while 247 shares saw profits, 206 saw losses, and 29 remained unchanged.
PSX witnessed a mix of gains and losses during the trading week starting Monday, July 28.
On Monday, the KSE-100 index gained 172.77 points (0.12 percent) to close at 139,380.05.
However, Tuesday brought a major setback as the index fell by 1,415.24 points (1.02%), dropping to 137,964.81. This decline was one of the sharpest in recent sessions.
Wednesday showed signs of recovery with the index rising 447.44 points (0.32%) to reach 138,412.25.
The positive momentum continued on Thursday, as the KSE-100 surged by 978.17 points (0.71%), closing the week at 139,390.42 almost back to where it started on Monday.
Throughout the week, a total of 483 companies traded their shares. On Thursday alone, 235 companies recorded gains, 215 saw losses, and 33 remained unchanged.
The total number of shares traded on the final trading day was 577.3 million, a significant rise from 425.8 million a day earlier.
The total value of traded shares also rose to Rs 36.3 billion from Rs 25 billion.
