· Market regained the points lost yesterday in the aftermath of selling from financial institutions. Buying activity was cautious in the beginning and gained momentum as the day progressed especially in the absence of active selling. International crude oil prices traded positive but in a narrow band that offered no incentive for the seller to book profit at this stage. Buying activity was witnessed in Textile, Banks and O&GMCs in anticipation of change / announcement of government policies. Among scrips, PRL led the table with 55.2M shares, followed by TRG (31.2M) and UNITY (18.5M).

· The Index closed at 43,695pts as against 43,282pts showing an increase of 413pts (+1% DoD). Sectors contributing to the performance include Technology (+92pts), Banks (+50pts), Textile (+44pts), E&P (+32pts), Food (+28pts).

· Volumes declined from 501.4mn shares to 455.8mn shares (-9% DoD). Average traded value increased by 8% to reach US$ 141.4mn as against US$ 130.8mn.

· Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include PRL, TRG, UNITY, HASCOL and KEL, which formed 30% of total volumes.

· Stocks that contributed positively to the index include TRG (+63pts), SYS (+30pts), UBL (+29pts), POL (+25pts) and KTML (+18pts). Stocks that contributed negatively include BAHL (-27pts), FCCL (-5pts), KEL (-4pts), MARI (-3pts) and SHEL (-2pts)