Pakistan’s benchmark Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index today closed positive despite a tumultuous political week. The index managed to close the session by gaining 608 points closing at 43528.51 points, up by 1.42%. Index staged an impressive recovery today, however, the investor participation remained lackluster as investor eye the political happenings in the country.

Commercial Banks, Oil & Gas Exploration Companies, Fertilizer, Cement and Power Generation & Distribution closed the session at the top after collectively adding more than 476 points.

Volume traded declined by 13.72% during the session after total volume clocked in at 67.412 million versus 78.132 million yesterday.

Sector-wise all share index turnover was led by Engineering (27.004 million), Cement (20.619 million), and Chemical (18.408 million) with Oil & Gas Marketing Companies (8.674 million) and Automobile Assembler (6.073 million) stocks trailing at the bottom.

KSE – 100 Index at the day end moved a total of +608.73 points up 1.42%, closing in at 43528.51 points with index high-low range of 43627.86 – 42384.18.

KSE – All Share Index Volume was at 190.434 million shares, value of shares traded for all-shares index reached PKR 9.075 billion.

KSE 100 Chart, Mettis Global

The index moved in the range of 1243.68 points.

64 companies closed up, whereas 23 were down at the day end.