Bulls charged relentlessly for the fifth day in a row yesterday with the KSE-100 index up by 249.63 points to close at 32,000.01.
Despite the closure of market today, investors were not willing to square their positions for they looked forward to a further upswing in share values post the Christmas holidays in the foreign markets.
Volume rose to 263 million shares yesterday, from 244m shares the earlier day, though the trading value decreased to Rs10.9 billion, from Rs11.5bn, indicating dominance of the second and third tier scrips.
Banking sector remained in the spotlight with trading in 58m shares followed by electricity sector 49m shares.