The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended the week on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index increasing 118 points, or 0.25%, by the close of the trading session to reach 48,211 points.
More than 317.4 million shares changed hands by the end of the session, with a total worth of nearly Rs14.09 billion.
Stocks of 395 companies were traded, of which 232 gained in value, 139 declined and 24 remained unchanged.
Worldcall Telecom Ltd (WTL) led the volumes, with 89.04 million shares traded. Hascol, BYCO, First Capital Securities Corporation (FCSC) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTC) closed out the top five symbols traded, with volumes of 78.8 m, 54.6m, 45.3 m and 35.9 m, respectively.
