Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened on a positive note after Eidul Azha holidays, with benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 572 points, or 1.39 per cent, to close at 41,779 points on Tuesday.

A slight slump in the first few minutes of trading saw the index touch the day's low of 41,071 points but buying trend helped it test the day's high at 41,834 points.

107.77 million stocks worth Rs6.54 billion were traded on the market, with 250 of a total of 358 symbols gaining value, 92 declining and 16 remaining unchanged.

Engineering sector dominated the day's trading with 15.97m shares traded while oil and gas marketing companies and technology sector followed with 11.46m and 11.34m shares traded respectively.

Volumes were led by:

TRG Pak Ltd: 9.5m shares traded [+4.97pc]

Aisha Steel Mill: 8.1m shares traded [+5.10pc]

Sui South Gas: 6.4m shares traded [+2.33pc]

Azgard Nine: 6.3m shares traded [+3.40pc]

K-Electric Ltd: 6.3m shares traded [+0.82pc]

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