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Market participation increases 24.2pc to 312.5m shares while the value of traded shares goes up 10.8pc to $53.8m.

The index stayed in the green zone throughout the day, although activity remained sideways.

By the end of trading, the KSE-100 index could add just 5.13 points, up 0.01 per cent from a day ago.

Investors conducted value-buying towards the end of the session in anticipation of the corporate results’ season.

Activity on the main board remained gloomy on the first day of the roll-over week.

Profit-taking took place across the board, but a rally in the banking sector was observed due to expectation of foreign inflows.

Traders took aggressive bets on technology stocks.

Investors showed incre­ased interest in energy explo­ration and production companies following an upswing in intl oil prices.

Market participation decreases 48.7pc to 114.7 million shares while the value of traded shares goes down 39.8pc to $24.8m.

Investors preferred trading hefty volumes in third-tier stocks.