Buying rally continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday, amid optimism over the recent meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump, with the benchmark KSE-100 settling above the 162,000 level, a new record high, on Friday.
Positive momentum persisted throughout the trading session, hitting an intra-day high of 162,422.28.
At close, the benchmark index settled at 162,257, a gain of 2,976.91 points or 1.87%.