On the first business day of the week, the KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bullish trend, gaining 1,867.61 points before closing at 116,169.41 points as compared to 114,301.80 points on the last trading day.

A total of 1,470,661,659 shares were traded during the day as compared to 1,118,570,230 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 66.628 billion against Rs.59.511 billion against the last trading day.

As many as 477 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 246 of them recorded gains and 194 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 37 companies remained unchanged.

Last week, the KSE-100 index of the PSX witnessed an upward trend on Monday, gaining 916.44 more points, a positive change of 0.84 percent before closing at 109,970.39 points as compared to 109,053.95 points on the last trading day.

During the intraday trade, a total of 1,597,868,204 shares were traded as compared to 1,697,842,022 shares the previous trading day.

Meanwhile, the price of shares stood at Rs 60.251 billion against Rs.57.487 billion on the last trading day.

As many as 467 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 278 of them recorded gains and 158 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 31 companies remained unchanged.

Source: APP