Pakistan, Sept. 5 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish momentum on Friday, gaining 399.13 points, a positive change of 0.23 percent, to close at 175,328.82 points against 174,929.69 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed an increase in trading volume to 874.323 million shares, compared to 627.447 million shares traded in the previous session. Similarly, the overall traded value increased to Rs 32.417 billion from Rs 25.186 billion.

Market capitalization edged upwards to Rs 19.629 trillion, recovering from Rs 19.587 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 496 companies that traded in the ready market, 235 posted gains, 218 suffered losses, while 4...