Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)consolidated its position in 2020, as benchmark Kse-100 with a year-on-year gain of 7%, managed to closed at 43,755.38 level, its highest year-end index closing in past four years.

During the year 2020, Pakistan's stock market witnessed a tumultuous year, as the Covid-19 pandemic which has killed over 1.8 million people so far, sent nearly half of world's population in some form of lockdown, halted economic activity, andsent shockwaves across the global stock markets-including Pakistan's stock market which witnessed historic crash. PSX benchmark index opened the year on January 1stat 41,400 index level, but following the initial peak of the virus, the market crashed to touch its lowest ind...