KSE-100 rises nearly 1% to close above 72,000 for first time ever – Markets

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued to surpass new highs, as the benchmark KSE-100 index crossed the 72,000 level for the first time in history during trading on Wednesday.

The KSE-100 started the session positive, hitting an intra-day high of 72,414.32 and a gain of over 1%.

It witnessed some profit-taking soon after reaching the intra-day high, but still managed to close the session…