Pakistan, Jan. 17 -- Pakistan Stock Exchange has continued its deprecating trend this week amid lack of stimulus and rally stream. Benchmark KSE-100 ended in a negative territory as volumes contract further, pushing index below the 43,000-mark.
The benchmark KSE-100 Index, which started the day at 43,212.59, lost 329.14 points to mark its intraday low at 42,877.90. It settled lower by 214.01 points at 42,993.03. The KMI-30 Index plunged 509.80 points to close at 70,144.36, while KSE All Share Index declined by 80.65 points, ending at 29,892.79. Out of the total traded shares, 109 advanced and 212 declined.
The overall market volumes contracted from 249.67 million in the previous session to 171.13 million while Market Cap decreased by Rs.2...