Pakistan’s benchmark KSE 100 index witnessed a substantial increase of 2,332.60 points, closing at 124,379.07, a 1.91% rise compared to the previous day’s closing of 122,046.46. The KSE 30 index also experienced robust growth, gaining 713.35 points to settle at 37,915.73, reflecting a 1.92% jump.
Trading activity in the regular market showed increased participation with a turnover of 773,409,701 shares, up from 758,542,306 the preceding day. The traded monetary value in the regular market escalated significantly to 37,567,368,938 from 29,934,774,716. This surge in trading propelled market capitalization to 15,062,924,930,426, a noticeable appreciation from the earlier 14,796,014,962,053.
The futures market also exhibited heightened engagement with a turnover of 440,084,000 shares, a substantial rise from 339,586,500. The monetary value traded in the futures market reached 18,820,640,245, exceeding the previous 15,574,566,015. Activity in the ODL market, however, saw a decline in both turnover and traded value. The turnover contracted to 554 from 946 while the traded value dipped to 7,842 from 15,328. The figures were released by the Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited.