KSE-100 manages to close above 42,000 points

KSE-100 manages to close above 42,000 points

Karachi (Staff Report): Bulls dominated Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday as the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 1,031 points, or 2.50 per cent, to cross the 42,000 mark.

About 173.81 million shares worth Rs9.67 billion were traded in the market.

The textile sector dominated day's trading with 26.2m shares traded while commercial banks and technology sectors followed with 21.4m and 17.6m shares traded, respectively.

A total of 360 symbols were traded in the market of which 252 advanced, 87 declined and 21 remained unchanged.