The Pakistan Stock Exchange staged a strong rebound on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index climbing back above the 161,000 mark amid renewed buying interest.

The KSE-100 Index advanced by 5,433 points, or 3.49 percent, to close at 161,210 points, compared with 155,777 points in the previous session. During intraday trading, the index surged as much as 5,699 points to hit a high of 161,476 before settling slightly lower by the close.

Trading activity remained robust, with approximately 402 million shares changing hands. The total value of traded shares stood at Rs. 29 billion at the end of the session.

Out of 567 listed companies that participated in trading, 350 recorded gains, while 78 posted losses. The share prices of 139 companies remained unchanged.

Among the most actively traded stocks, K-Electric Limited (KEL) led volumes with over 115.6 million shares traded, closing at Rs. 8.05 after gaining Rs. 0.61. Other high-volume counters included TSBLR1, Unity Foods (UNITY), Cnergyico (CNERGY), WorldCall Telecom (WTL), Bank of Punjab (BOP), and Hascol Petroleum (HASCOL), most of which ended the session in positive territory.

The rally reflects a continued recovery in investor sentiment following last week’s market volatility.