Pakistan, Sept. 22 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed stayed trend on Monday, gaining 268.58 points, a positive change of 0.16 percent, to close at 171,153.17 points against 170,884.59 points recorded in the previous trading session. The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 692.884 million shares, compared to 576.258 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value decreased to Rs 20.100 billion from Rs 22.409 billion.

Market capitalisation increased to Rs 19.041 trillion from Rs 19.038 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 494 companies that traded in the ready market, 238 posted gains, 213 suffered losses, while 43 remained unchanged. Tasdeeq Information led the v...