Pakistan, Aug. 1 -- The Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index continued with bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 978.17 more points, a positive of 0.71 percent, closing at 139,390.42 points against 138,412.25 points last trading day. A total of 577,348,593 shares were traded during the day as compared to 425,836,625 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 36.348 billion against Rs 24.999 billion on the last trading day. As many as 483 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 235 of them recorded gains and 215 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 33 companies remained unchanged.

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