Pakistan, Nov. 3 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a positive trend on Monday, gaining 154.81 points, a positive change of 0.09 percent, to close at 166,564.07 points against 166,409.25 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 443.432 million shares, compared to 825.467 million shares traded in the previous session. The traded value of the ready market reached Rs17.731 billion, down from Rs23.123 billion a day earlier.

Meanwhile, total market capitalisation decreased to Rs18.293 trillion from Rs18.389 trillion recorded in the previous session.

Out of 496 companies that traded in the ready market, 137 posted gains, 319 suffered losses, whi...