The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) extended its upward trajectory on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index breaking through the key 125,000-point level during early hours of trading.

As of 9:45am, the index was up 812.91 points at 125,191.97, marking a 0.65% increase.

The latest rally builds on last week’s strong performance, when the KSE-100 Index closed at a historic high of 124,379 points after gaining 4,355 points, or 3.6%, over the week.

Trading was buoyant across multiple sectors, including automobile assembly, cement, commercial banking, oil and gas exploration, oil marketing, power generation, and refining.

Leading stocks such as ARL, HUBCO, MARI, OGDC, PPL, POL, PSO, and SSGC were all firmly in the green.