Pakistan, June 5 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around to bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 984.86 points, a positive change of 0.58 percent, closing at 171,175.51 points against 170,190.64 points on the last trading day, according to PSX data.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 697.166 million shares with a traded value of Rs 26.135 billion, compared to 551.946 million shares valuing Rs 23.759 billion in the previous session. The market capitalization increased to Rs 18.983 trillion from Rs 18.864 trillion a day earlier.

Out of 492 active companies in the ready market, 316 advanced, 128 declined, and 48 remained unchanged.

Beco Steel Ltd topped the volume char...