Buying interest at bourse, KSE-100 up 600 points in early trade
Buying was observed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining over 600 points during the opening minutes of trading on Wednesday. At 9:35am, the benchmark index was hovering at 169,561.27, a gain of 645.05 points or 0.38%. 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, HBL, MCB, MEBL and NBP, traded in the green.