Pakistan, Jan. 14 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday closed bullish, gaining 1,567.36 points, a positive change of 0.86 percent, to settle at 183,951.50 points compared to 182,384.15 points on the previous trading day, according to PSX data.

During the session, the ready market witnessed a trading volume of 1,037.262 million shares with a traded value of Rs 62.704 billion, against 1,058.795 million shares valuing Rs 48.237 billion in the previous session. Market capitalization surged to Rs 20.769 trillion from Rs 20.599 trillion a day earlier.

Out of 480 active companies in the ready market, 177 advanced, 265 declined, while 38 remained unchanged.

Bank of Punjab topped the volume chart with 7...