On Thursday, BRIndex30 opened in the positive zone at 16,568.36 with an upward gap of 62.09 points and remained there for whole of the trading time. It closed at 16,747.94 with a net positive change of 241.67 points and percentage change of 1.46. It recorded intra-day high of 16,747.94 and intra-day low of 16,568.36.
The volume amounted 174,372,100, which was 71.74 percent of the total market and 101.41 percent of KSE-100 index. The volume of KSE All Share and KSE-100 were 243,076,540 and 171,945,140 respectively. BR Tech. & Comm. Index closed at 1,677.57 with a net upward change of 0.68 points and percentage change of 0.04. The volume of this sector was 18,303,100.
BR Cement Index was the third most active sector. It closed at 1,747.27 with a net negative change of -0.18 points and percentage change of -0.01. The turnover for this sector was 25,206,200. BR Commercial Banks Index was the most active sector. It closed at 5,989.74 with a net positive change of 50.39 points and percentage change of 0.85. The turnover for this sector was 72,020,400.
BR Power Generation and Distribution Index closed at 1,538.28 with an upward change of 7.26 points and percentage change of 0.47. The turnover for this sector was 3,951,300. BR Oil and Gas Index was the second most active sector with a turnover of 31,950,500. It closed at 2,650.98 with a net positive change of 11.69 points and percentage change of 0.44.