Pakistan, July 3 -- In a historic leap, the Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index shattered previous records on Wednesday, closing at an all-time high of 130,344.03 points.

Continuing its bullish momentum, the index surged by 2,144.61 points-an impressive gain of 1.67 percent from the previous close of 128,199.43.

The latest milestone underscores growing optimism in the financial markets, as the PSX continues to attract both local and foreign interest amid signs of economic recovery. A total of 1,026,117,776 shares were traded during the day as compared to 1,032,756,027 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 49.294 billion against Rs 44.008 billion on the last trading day.

As many as ...