Buying interest remained steady throughout the session, pushing the index to an intra-day peak of 163,903.62, while the day’s low came in at 162,058.64. Market activity remained brisk, with trading volumes hitting 483.7 million shares. Additional strength came from Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s initiating a formal dialogue with the IMF team, further anchoring market confidence. Overall, trading volume decreased to 1.28 billion shares compared with previous close of 1.71 billion. WorldCall Telecom led the volume with trading in 119 million shares.