Market watch: KSE-100 recovers as economic indicators improveThe second session saw the index shoot up and maintain the rally till the day’s end. JS Global analyst Danish Ladhani said equities closed the week on a positive note with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 550 points. Overall, trading volumes increased to 189.4 million shares compared with Thursday’s tally of 143.8 million. The Bank of Punjab (XD) was the volume leader with 22.8 million shares, gaining Rs0.9 to close at Rs13.61. It was followed by Unity Foods (R) with 20.8 million shares, gaining Rs0.3 to close at Rs2.55 and K-Electric with 14.8 million shares, gaining Rs0.18 to close at Rs5.23.

Source: The Express Tribune April 12, 2019 15:45 UTC