The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) increased 414 points, or 0.35 percent, on Friday, ending the day at 117,315 points, up from 116,901 points the day before.
The price of shares was Rs. 34.49 billion, down from Rs. 32.127 billion on the previous trading day, and a total of 425,121,963 shares were exchanged during the day, compared to 408,066,790 shares the day before.
Of the 446 companies that traded their shares on the stock exchange, 189 made money and 197 lost money, while the share prices of 60 companies stayed the same.
Brokerage firm Topline Securities credited the buying impulse to good news, noting that Pakistan recorded its largest monthly current account surplus ever in March, totaling $1.195 billion, and that the Real Effective Exchange Rate fell from 102.25 in February 2025 to 101.62 in March 2025.
According to the report, UBL, LUCK, SAZEW, MEBL, and SYS made the largest positive contributions to the index, adding +913 points overall.
