On Wednesday, the BRIndex30 opened at 7,564.91 points and after exhibiting positive and negative fluctuations throughout the market time, closed at 7,739.34 points with a positive change of 174.43 points, or 2.31 percent. It experienced intra-day high of 7,758.80 and low of 7,467.63 points.
The volume was 115,208,273 shares, which was 82.05 percent of KSE All Share and 95.13 percent of KSE-100 index. The volumes for KSE All Share and KSE-100 were 140,415,831 and 121,102,760 shares, respectively. BR Oil and Gas Index closed at 1,977.07 recording a net positive change of 51.37 points or 2.67 percent. The volume was 16,748,106 shares.
BR Commercial Banks Index closed at 2,611.26 recording a positive change of 59.88 points or 2.35 percent and volume of 16,201,730 shares. BR Technology and Communication Index closed at 582.64 with a net positive change of 13.22 points or 2.32 percent. Its volume was 12,991,222 shares.
BR Cement Index closed at 687.38 with a net positive change of 28 or 4.25 percent registering volume of 11,127,731 shares. BR Power Generation and Distribution Index closed at 1,485.18 with a net positive change of 33.02 or 2.27 percent. The volume was 2,820,343 shares.