Pakistan, Nov. 11 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a positive trend on Tuesday, gaining 5,448.56 points, a positive change of 3.13 percent, to close at 179,335.24, points against 173,886.69 points recorded in the previous trading session as

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 972.432 million shares, compared to 1,479.999 million shares traded in the previous session. The traded value of the ready market reached Rs50.665 billion, up from Rs22.572 billion a day earlier.

Meanwhile, total market capitalisation also increased to Rs19.397 trillion from Rs18.909 trillion recorded in the previous session.

Out of 501 companies that traded in the ready market, 363 posted gains, 107 suffered...