Pakistan, July 16 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) staged a strong recovery on Wednesday, gaining 1,766.97 points, a positive change of 1.02 percent, to close at 175,285.78 points against 173,518.82 points recorded on the previous trading day.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 583.805 million shares with a traded value of Rs26.045 billion, compared to 912.614 million shares valuing Rs45.614 billion in the previous session. The market capitalization increased to Rs19.783 trillion from Rs19.584 trillion a day earlier. Out of 495 active companies in the ready market, 361 advanced, 104 declined, and 30 remained unchanged. K-Electric Ltd. led the volume chart with 52.695 milli...