Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) welcomed the peaceful settlement resulting in the end of Islamabad D chowk sit-in and went on trading this morning in a jolly good mood.
KSE-100 index during the trading Friday morning was seen surged at 16,552 points, up by 260. The market was upbeat with the start of the business as the investors went on buying blue chips that saw the index jumped up by 260 to 16,552 points.
It may be recalled that the market being hit by political uncertainty was seen down by 500 points during the last few days of standoff between the participants of the Islamabad sit-in and a nexus of the political parties including the government in Islamabad and Lahore.