Buying rally continues at PSX, KSE-100 up 1,800 points

Buying momentum continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 gaining nearly 1,800 points during the opening minutes of trading on Wednesday. At 10am, the benchmark index was hovering at 182,053.72, up by 1,752.02 points or 0.97%. Buying was observed in key sectors, including automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs and power generation. Index-heavy stocks, including ARL, HUBCO, MARI, OGDC, POL, PPL, MCB, NBP and UBL, traded in the green.