Pakistan, Jan. 29 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday reversed the previous session's losses and closed with a positive momentum, gaining 177.53 points, an increase of 0.09 percent, to close at 188,380.39 points compared to 188,202.86 points on the previous trading day, according to PSX data.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 953.917 million shares with a traded value of Rs 48.878 billion, against 749.247 million shares valuing Rs 53.061 billion in the previous session. Market capitalization increased to Rs 21.186 trillion from Rs 21.147 trillion a day earlier.

Out of 485 active companies in the ready market, 182 advanced, 253 declined, while 50 remained unchan...