Stocks extended the rally yesterday with the KSE-100 index adding 183.70 points to close at 31,011.15.
Investors were relieved over the end of foreign selling as a small Foreign Investors Portfolio Investment (FIPI) was witnessed.
Analyst Ovais Ahsan commented that the market closed on a strong note as the government and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) resumed talks, lifting investor sentiments and stock prices across the board.
Expectations that the government would further reduce retail prices of petroleum products by Rs5 to 10 per litre also kept participants bullish with the outlook for inflation looking tame, raising prospects of further interest rate cuts.
Mixed trend was witnessed in oil and gas sector as OGDCL and PPL appreciated by 1.68 per cent and 0.69pc, respectively. Selling was observed in banking sector with BOP and KASBB down by 1pc and 3.7pc. In cements CHCC, FCCL and MLCF were up by 2.23pc, 1.42pc and 0.84pc, respectively.
