Pakistan, April 17 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 1,392.01 points, a positive change of 0.83 percent, closing at 169,911.95 points against 168,519.94 points on the last trading day, according to PSX data.

The State Bank of Pakistan's earlier in the day confirmed the receipt of $2 billion from Saudi Arabia and optimism over a potential resumption of US-Iran negotiations lifted investor sentiment at the bourse, pushing the index to an intra-day high of 170,899.16.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 972.713 million shares with a traded value of Rs 43.933 billion, compared to 1,205.844 million shares valuing Rs 59.416 billio...