Buying returns to bourse, KSE-100 up 900 points in early trade

Buying interest returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) despite global geopolitical tensions and economic concerns, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining over 900 points during the opening hours of trading on Tuesday. At 9:50am, the benchmark index was hovering at 171,415.35, up by 909.04 points or 0.53%. Buying was observed in key sectors, including automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, power generation and refinery. Index-heavy stocks, including ARL, HUBCO, MARI, OGDC, PPL, POL, MCB, MEBL, NBP and UBL, traded in the green.