Pakistan Stock Exchange had a mixed day of business, with the 100 index closing at 171,153 with a gain of 268 points.

According to market sources, the news of the Middle East talks and the fall in crude oil prices have affected the business volume of the market.

In the market today, 52% more shares were traded than last week’s average trading volume. 100 index remained in a band of 829 points in the business week.

The turnover of 69 crore shares in the stock market today was settled at 20 billion rupees, thus the market capitalization has increased by 3 billion rupees to 19 thousand 41 billion rupees.