Equity market gains ?265bn on investors’ buying interest

Market breadth consequently concluded higher as activity suggested that trade turnover settled higher than it had in the prior session.On Thursday, the stock market maintained its upward trajectory, with investors' net worth increasing by ?265 billion as a result of their bargain-hunting.The buy interest that investors showed in Tier-one bank equities was the reason for the favorable performance. The market capitalization closed at ?42.694 trillion, up from ?42.429 trillion on Wednesday, a gain of ?265 billion, or 0.62 percent. As a result, the benchmark All-Share Index increased by 0.62 percent, or 482.97 points, to close at 78,020.54 compared to the previous session's recorded 77,537.57.