KSE-100 gains 2.9% as investors cherry-pick holdings – Markets

Investors continued their buying run at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as the benchmark KSE-100 Index jumped 2.9% during trading on Thursday.

At 1:40pm, the benchmark index was hovering at 62,630.92 level, an increase of 1,767.30 points or 2.90%.

Across-the-board buying was witnessed as index-heavy sectors including automobile assemblers, chemical, commercial banks, fertilizer, oil and gas…