PSX: positive momentum continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 400 points
Buying momentum continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining nearly 400 points during the opening minutes of trading on Thursday. At 9:45am, the benchmark index was hovering at 166,104.36, up by 367.61 points or 0.22%. Buying was observed in key sectors, including automobile assemblers, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs and power generation. Index-heavy stocks, including HUBCO, KE, MARI, POL, PPL, PSO, SNGPL, HBL, MCB, MEBL and UBL, traded in the green.