Pakistan, Aug. 18 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bullish trend on Monday, gaining 397.83 points, a positive change of 0.22 percent, to close at 180,502.45 points against 180,104.61 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 1.048 billion shares, compared to 891.332 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value increased to Rs48.325 billion from Rs36.690 billion. Market capitalisation rose to Rs20.199 trillion from Rs20.130 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 498 companies that traded in the ready market, 197 posted gains, 276 suffered losses, while 25 remained unchanged, reflecting a mixed trend across the ma...