The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) started the new year trading on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index remaining positive for the fifth straight session and gaining 290.82 points (+0.65 percent) to close at 44,886.89 points on Monday.
The market opened on a positive note but took a dip soon and remained in the negative territory for the next half an hour.
However, later the market remained positive throughout the session. The volumes remained low during the session.
The KSE-100 Index moved in a range of 395.78 points, showing an intraday high of 44,905.35 points and a low of 44,509.57 points. Among other indices, the KSE All Share Index gained 62.74 points (+0.2 percent) to close at 30,789.26 points, while KMI All Share Islamic Index gained 103.92 points (+0.47 percent) to close at 22,130.64 points.—TLTP