Pakistan, May 1 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with a bearish trend on Thursday, losing 2,829.70 points, a negative change of 1.71 percent, closing at 162,994.17 points against 165,823.88 points on the last trading day, according to PSX data.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 837.371 million shares with a traded value of Rs 36.345 billion, compared to 1,087.439 million shares valuing Rs 39.547 billion in the previous session. The market capitalization decreased to Rs 18.022 trillion from Rs 18.336 trillion a day earlier. Out of 485 active companies in the ready market, 101 advanced, 348 declined, and 36 remained unchanged. WorldCall Telecom topped the volume c...