On Wednesday, the BRIndex30 opened at 8,640.68 points and remained in positive for almost whole of the trading time except for a short-term entry in red in the first few minutes after market opening. It touched the intra-day high of 8,759.10 points and low of 8,633.42 points and closed at 8,688.82 points with a net positive change of 48.14 points, or 0.56 percent higher than previous close.
The volume was 43,675,666 shares, which was 73.44 percent of KSE All share volume and 93.53 percent of KSE-100 volume. The KSE All Share volume was 59,470,354 shares and KSE-100 volume was 46,698,239 shares. BR Commercial Banks Index closed at 2,567.68 with a net negative change of -9.13 points or percentage change of -0.35 and turnover of 6,030,135 shares.
BR Oil and Gas Index closed at 2,692.35 with a net negative change of -1.06 points or percentage change of -0.04 and turnover of 3,719,947 shares. BR Cement Index closed at 605.07 with a net positive change of 4.77 points or percentage change of 0.79 and turnover of 3,260,983 shares.
BR Tech & Comm Index closed at 399.80 with a net negative change of -4.29 points or percentage change of -1.06 and turnover of 1,283,281 shares. BR Power Generation and Distribution Index closed at 1,697.77 with a net positive change of 4.62 points or percentage change of 0.27 and turnover of 1,121,856 shares.