KARACHI: The last trading session of the year at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 60.62 points to close at 43,755.38 points.
Trading began in the positive however profit booking at these levels caused the index to recede early gains by midday. The second half of trading saw the market hovering near its starting point having posted just slight gains by closing.
Among other indices, the KMI-30 Index gained just 18.07 points to end at 71,167.60, while the KSE All Share Index also gained 45.81 points, closing at 30,779.70.
At the closing bell 190 companies had advanced with 170 closings in the red. 17 companies remained unchanged. Market participation for the KSE100 Index increased to 321 million from 227 million in the previous session (44% on day-on-day basis).
Major contribution to total market volume came from PRL, SILK and FFBL combined for 117 million shares out of the total market volume of 578 million shares.
