Pakistan, Oct. 8 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its positive momentum on Wednesday, gaining 120.30 points, a positive change of 0.07 percent, to close at 168,580.41 points against 168,460.11 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 586.861 million shares, compared to 432.015 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value increased to Rs 22.365 billion from Rs 20.139 billion.

Market capitalisation increased to Rs 18.747 trillion from Rs 18.712 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 501 companies that traded in the ready market, 272 posted gains, 184 suffered losses, while 45 remained unchanged. K-Electric Ltd. le...