The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw a mixed session on Wednesday and the KSE-100 Index rose 0.13% owing to a mixture of upside and downside pressures.
Political instability kept investors mostly on the sidelines with volume on the all-share index remaining subdued.
At close, the KSE-100 Index settled at 40,499.34, an increase of 51.29 points or 0.13%.
Trading began with a decline but the market recouped losses in initial hours. From this point onward, the market traded in a narrow range to close with a meagre gain.
Index-heavy cement, chemical, banking and oil spaces closed in green while automobile sector saw massive losses. Fertiliser segment closed mixed.
Sectors lifting the benchmark KSE-100 index higher included fertiliser (68.29 points), oil and gas exploration (25.66 points) and chemical (18.34 points).
Volume on the all-share index jumped to 84.2 million from 67.5 million on Tuesday while the value of shares traded increased to Rs3.63 billion from Rs2.28 billion recorded in the previous session.
Silk Bank was the volume leader with 6.4 million shares followed by WorldCall Telecom with 5.1 million shares and Engro Corp with 4.3 million shares.
Shares of 291 companies were traded on Wednesday, of which 165 registered an increase, 104 recorded a fall and 22 remained unchanged.
