By Dawn.com
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened the trading week on Monday on a positive trajectory, crossing the intraday high of 135,000 due to increased investor sentiment and improved economic outlook.
The stock market resumed trading at 134,299.76 points and gained 1,170 points in early trading to cross the 135,000 points barrier. The benchmark KSE-100 gained 1841.11 points (1.37pc), and is currently trading at 136,119.27 points as of 12:15pm. The total volume of shares traded is 134,882,053 with a value of Rs 11.12 billion.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed satisfaction as the stock market surged to cross the all-time high level.
According to a statement from the Prime Minister鈥檚 Office, he said the 鈥渟ignificant achievement by the PSX is a clear reflection of the business community鈥檚 growing confidence in Pakistan鈥檚 economy.鈥
鈥淭he recent positive economic indicators are a testament to his government鈥檚 policies moving in the right direction,鈥 he emphasised, reiterating that providing a business-fr