Pakistan Stock Exchange continues bullish trend
May 23, 2017
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange continued the positive trend on the second day of the week, with the benchmark 100-index ending the day with a 773 point gain at 52,146 points.
Stocks of 415 companies were traded, of which 271 gained in value, 132 declined and 12 remained unchanged.
The trading day saw 112 million shares changing hands, valued at over Rs 15 billion.
Post inclusion into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index that PSX will introduce a post-closing session starting Wednesday, May 24. After the regular trading session ends the market will break for 30 minutes after which trading will resume for another 15 minutes.
The post-closing session will commence at 4:00 PM and will end at 4:15 PM. However, on Fridays, the post-closing session will commence at 5:00 PM and end at 5:15 PM.
