PSX Closing Bell - Index Up 1.85 Percent

KSE100 Index ended Monday's trading session up 579.55 points (or 1.85%) to close at 31,878.15. The index was briefly negative at the start of the session touching the intraday low of 31,285.18 (-13.42)  however, it remained positive throughout after that touching an intraday high of 31,891.47 (+592.87) towards the end of the session. The index gained mostly on the performance of the banking sector which added over 338 points to the index.The index traded in a range of 606.29 points or 1.94% of previous close. Total Volume fell to 134 million shares compared to 141 million from the previous session. A total of 335 scrips were traded out of which 204 closed up, 107 closed down while 24 were unchanged. Total Market Cap. increased by Rs.75 Billion.