The futures spread increased by 2059 to stand at negative 11.38 percent on the last day of the outgoing week. Trading activities on the futures counter improved significantly as average daily volumes increased by 105.0 percent to 136.86 million shares as compared to previous week's average of 66.78 million shares.

Average daily trading value surged by 72.8 percent to Rs 4.77 billion during this week against previous week's average of Rs 2.76 billion.