Pakistan, Oct. 22 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) reversed its bearish momentum on Wednesday, gaining 779.34 points, a positive change of 0.47 percent, to close at 165,930.99 points against 165,151.64 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 379.905 million shares, compared to 446.842 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value increased to Rs21.281 billion from Rs19.426 billion.

Market capitalisation rose to Rs18.384 trillion from Rs18.308 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 497 companies that traded in the ready market, 225 posted gains, 230 suffered losses, while 42 remained unchanged.

Pak Refinery led the volume...