Pakistan, Sept. 23 -- Thursday marked the fifth consecutive trading session where the KSE-100 index finished in the red at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).

The benchmark KSE-100 index traded in the range of 856 points, with intraday gains of 342 points, and intraday losses of 514 points.

A minor recovery took place nearing the end of the trading session, with the index dropping the loss from 500 points to 300 points, bringing the day's trading session to a close at the level of 45,296.88.

In total, shares of 377 companies were traded on Thursday, with 245 firms experiencing a decline in their share prices, 112 companies seeing an increase in their share prices, and 20 companies remaining unchanged at the KSE-100 index.

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