Equity markets around the world also witnessed a positive trend, whereas crude oil prices inched up from the previous close; WTI crude price rising 2.09pc to $61.00, while Brent crude price increasing 2.14pc to $64.05 (as at 3:54pm PST). The overall market volumes increased from 399.16 million shares in the previous session to 402.11 million shares (0.7pc). Azgard Nine Ltd (ANL +2.80pc), TRG Pakistan Ltd (TRG 0.00pc) and Byco Petroleum Pakistan Ltd (BYCO +2.71pc) led the volume chart, exchanging 32.02 million, 27.76 million and 27.57 million shares, respectively. Sectors that kept the benchmark index afloat included cement (+52.44 points), oil & gas marketing (+26.84 points) and engineering (+25.75 points). Adding 1.28pc to its cumulative market capitalization, the oil & gas marketing sector eded as the session’s top performer, with SNGPL (+5.72pc), HASCOL (+1.12pc) and HTL (+3.06pc) posting decent gains.

Source: Pakistan Today March 03, 2021 13:18 UTC