Pakistan, Oct. 16 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 768.66 points, a positive change of 0.46 percent, to close at 166,186.17 points against 165,417.51 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 517.601 million shares, compared to 585.894 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value stood at Rs23.571 billion against Rs20.073 billion.

Market capitalisation advanced to Rs18.475 trillion from Rs18.391 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 501 companies that traded in the ready market, 292 posted gains, 169 suffered losses, while 40 remained unchanged, reflecting a continued bulli...