Pakistan, Jan. 15 -- Pakistan equities Monday closed in green with benchmark KSE-100 Index settling at 39,413, up 0.93 percent for the day on the back of anticipation of relief for the stock market in the government's upcoming mini-budget.
Market kicked off on a positive note after Finance Minister's assurances to the business community over the weekend on the upcoming Finance Bill, scheduled to be presented in the National Assembly on January 23, 2019.
An analyst at Trust Securities said positive direction also kept the investors occupied after the news circulated that federal government has decided to abolish the 0.02 percent advance tax on sale/purchase of shares and the federal government was considering giving a massive relief to sto...