The KSE-100 Index gained 663.59 points to finish at 163,038.47 points during the latest trading session. This 0.41 percent increase follows a previous closing of 162,374.88 points.
Trading in the ready market saw a volume of 376.019 million shares with a total value of Rs16.192 billion. Market capitalisation reached Rs18.061 trillion as 196 companies recorded gains while 251 companies suffered losses.
Forty-eight companies remained unchanged in the ready market. LSE Financial(R) led the volume with 25.465 million shares traded, followed by Pervez Ahmed Co which traded 20.496 million shares.
Sapphire Textile Mills Limited closed at Rs1,557.65, while Attock Refinery Limited settled at Rs1,112.07. Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited closed at Rs25,680.50, whereas Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited fell to Rs1,399.82.
The Futures (DFC) market recorded a turnover of 339.047 million shares with a traded value of Rs9.357 billion. In the DFC market, 156 companies advanced and 145 companies declined, with 10 companies remaining unchanged.
