KSE-100 index gains 945 points

KSE-100 index gains 945 points

Karachi (Staff Report): The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday showed bullish trend as the benchmark KSE-100 Index up by 945 points, or 2.37 per cent, to 40,791 points at day's close.

The market's opening at 39,847 points remained the day's low, whereas the index touched the day's high of 40,813 points by the close of the trading session.

The textile sector led the market with 28m shares traded, followed by the engineering and the communication sector with 12m and 11m shares.