Karachi (Staff Report): Pakistani rupee strengthened for a second consecutive day on Thursday against the US dollar in the open market.
The dollar decreased by Rs0.50 from Rs153 in the open market and was traded at Rs152.50.
On Wednesday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed a bullish trend as the benchmark KSE-100 index gained 3.45 percent or 1195.04 points to close at 34,637.14 points.
Upward trend was also witnessed at the stock market a day earlier with the KSE-100 gaining 191.56 points.