On Thursday, BRIndex30 opened in the positive zone at 16,956.89 with an upward jump of 104.87 points and remained there for whole of the trading time. It closed at 16,933.57 with a net positive change of 81.55 points and percentage change of 0.48. It recorded intra-day high of 16,972.97 and intra-day low of 16,847.74.
The volume amounted to 271,352,500, which was 76.80 percent of the total market and 120.75 percent of KSE-100 index. The volume of KSE All Share and KSE-100 were 353,330,760 and 224,721,360 respectively. BR Tech. & Comm. Index was the third most active sector. It closed at 1,720.78 with a net upward change of 10.18 points and percentage change of 0.60. The volume of this sector was 23,026,200.
BR Cement Index was the second most active sector. It closed at 1,792.54 with a net positive change of 41.08 points and percentage change of 2.35. The turnover for this sector was 69,196,600. BR Commercial Banks Index was the most active sector. It closed at 5,979.42 with a net positive change of 0.85 points and percentage change of 0.01. The turnover for this sector was 99,411,100.
BR Power Generation and Distribution Index closed at 1,550.59 with an upward change of 10.4 points and percentage change of 0.68. The turnover for this sector was 3,653,100. BR Oil and Gas Index closed with a turnover of 15,340,900. It closed at 2,640.46 with a net negative change of -12.36 points and percentage change of -0.47.