Pakistan, July 18 -- The Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index continued with bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 2,285.53 points, a positive change of 1.68 percent, closing at 138,665.50 points against 136,379.97 points last trading day. A total of 780,007,655 shares were traded during the day as compared to 705,955,999 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 39.975 billion against Rs 32.185 billion on the last trading day. As many as 486 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 306 of them recorded gains and 154 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 26 companies remained unchanged.

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