The Pakistan Stock Exchange turned bullish on Tuesday a day after the benchmark index lost over 2,100 points following elections.

The KSE-100 Index showed a recovery of 161.61 points or 0.26% as it settled at 61,226.93 points against 61,065.32 points the previous trading day.

The KSE-30 Index gained 47.58 points or 0.23% to settle at 20,685.11 at the market closing.

A total of 435.54 million shares valuing Rs15.972 billion were traded during the day as compared with 349,97 million shares valuing Rs12.745 billion the last day.

As many as 355 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, out of which 188 recorded gains and 139 sustained losses, while the share prices of 28 remained unchanged.

The three top-trading companies were K-Electric Limited with 65.82 million shares at Rs4.15 per share, WorldCall Telecom with 30.09 million shares at Rs1.23 per share and Pak Refinery with 28.6 million shares at Rs25.63 per share.

Mari Petroleum Company Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs161.03 per share price, closing at Rs2,308.04, while the runner-up was Ibrahim ZIL Limited with a Rs21.23 rise in its per share price to Rs304.33.