KARACHI: After taking a thrashing in the previous session, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) managed to recover some of its losses on Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining over 600 points. Losing 145.26 points, the KSE-100 Index touched its intraday low at 36,913.69 during the initial trading hours. Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited (MLCF +2.54pc), Pak Petroleum Limited (PPL -5.58pc) and Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL -1.44pc) topped the volume chart, exchanging 27.88 million, 23.62 million and 16.09 million shares, respectively. Sectors that added positivity to the benchmark KSE-100 Index included banking (+353.01 points), fertilizer (+112.27 points) and oil & gas marketing (+93.34 points). Among the companies, Habib Bank Limited (HBL +100.55 points), Bank AL Habib Limited (BAHL +64.49 points) and MCB Bank Limited (MCB +59.86 points) added maximum points to the index.

Source: Pakistan Today March 10, 2020 13:20 UTC