Key points
- The stock market has resumed trading at 134,299.76 points today
- The benchmark KSE-100 gained 1,841.11 points
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has achieved another milestone today and surpassed 135,000 points during the trading for the first time in history.
State-run Radio Pakistan reported that the KSE-100 index that closed at 134,299 points on last working day reached 135,499 points, showing an increase of 1197 points in the KSE-100 Index during the trading this morning.
Dawn News reported that the stock market resumed trading at 134,299.76 points and gained 1,170 points in early trading to cross the 135,000 points barrier.
KSE-100
The benchmark KSE-100 gained 1841.11 points (1.37pc), and is currently trading at 136,119.27 points as of 12:15pm.
Earlier, on Friday, a total of 695,980,890 shares were traded, compared to 941,719,946 shares on the previous trading day, local media reported.
On Thursday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) staged a strong recovery as bullish sentiment returned to the market.
The benchmark KSE-100 Index surged by 1,205 points, or 0.91 per cent, closing at 133,782.35.
