On Wednesday, the BRIndex30 opened at 16,540.35 with an upward jump gap of 174.81 points and closed at 16,506.27 with a net positive change of 140.73 points and percentage change of 0.86. It saw the intra-day high of 16,593.92 and low of 16,530.78.
The volume amounted to 167,555,200 shares, which was 76.35 percent of market total and 111.09 percent of KSE-100 index. The volumes of KSE All Share and KSE-100 were 219,459,100 and 150,825,700 shares, respectively. BR Commercial Banks Index was the most active sector.
It closed at 5,939.35 with a net positive change of 55.92 points and percentage change of 0.95. The turnover for this sector was 55,038,800 shares. BR Oil and Gas Index was the second most active sector with a turnover of 35,753,400 shares. It closed at 2,639.29 with a net positive change of 9.57 points or 0.36 percent.
BR Cement Index was the third most active sector with a turnover of 33,614,400 shares. It saw a rise of 4.42 points or 0.25 percent, closing at 1,747.45. BR Tech. & Comm Index closed at 1,676.89 with an upward change of 19.08 points and percentage change of 1.15. The volume of this sector was 21,569,800 shares.
BR Power Generation and Distribution Index closed at 1,531.02 with a positive change of 13.40 points or 0.88 percent. The turnover for this sector was 1,478,000 shares.