Pakistan, Nov. 14 -- The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Friday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 500.11 points, a positive change of 0.28 percent, to close at 177,873.88 points against 177,373.76 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 1,042.810 million shares, compared to 1,070.480 million shares traded in the previous session. The traded value of the ready market stood at Rs31.001 billion, slightly down from Rs31.636 billion a day earlier.

Meanwhile, total market capitalisation increased to Rs19.336 trillion from Rs19.224 trillion recorded in the previous session. Out of 497 companies that traded in the ready market, 284 posted gains, 184 suffere...