Pakistan, Sept. 12 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around to bullish trend on Friday, gaining 1,646.82 points, a positive change of 0.98 percent, to close at 170,511.86 points against 168,865.04 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 687.467 million shares, compared to 628.674 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value stood at Rs 33.705 billion, up from Rs 27.016 billion.

Market capitalisation increased to Rs 19.016 trillion from Rs 18.855 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 500 companies that traded in the ready market, 248 posted gains, 210 suffered losses, while 42 remained unchanged, reflecting an over...