KARACHI - Foreign investors appetite for the energy shares put the market back on track on Wednesday, though local institutions stayed on the sidelines ahead of a long holiday. The KSE-100 index opened 16.87 points up and closed at 9,137.06 points at the end of the day; adding 107.61 points, while the KSE 30-index closed at 9,761.07 points with a gain of 149.21 points. Whispers of continuation buying from the foreign land in the main board stocks, which was initiated during closing hour, allowed the bulls to beat the drum. With oil prices on rising trend in international market and unconfirmed news of an early resolve on the circular debt issue, the momentum got support from the seasoned participants, initially. Announcement of subsidy on urea import by the government and positive reports on Pakistan market by foreign brokerage firm played a catalyst role in positive activity, said market expert Ahsan Mehanti. The oil stocks dominated the stock market as well as index, which moved upwards without any major obstruction. The index hit the year to date highest level with moderate volumes to close the index at 9,137 points. Stock investors who suffered due to market closure may remember the index level of 9,144 points registered on August 27, 2009, when the index was frozen, said analyst Shahid Ali at HMFS. Shares trading activity was unhealthy as compared to the last trading session. The ready market volume decreased to 141.979m shares from last trading sessions 147.988m shares. Total trading value of the stock exchange inched up to Rs 8.959b against Rs 7.602b of last session. Market capitalization stood over Rs 2.656tr as compared to Rs 2.626tr of last session, showing an increase of Rs 30b in just one trading day. Moreover, out of 375 active stocks at the local bourse, as many as 209 gained value, 139 lost while the worth of the shares of 26 cos remained unchanged. PPL aggressively moved forward after regular news inflow regarding oil & gas discoveries, which are likely to impact all the E&P Players. Apart from that, JSCL returned to the mainstream stocks with limited gains. Cement stocks remained more or less muted, keeping in view the result announcement by FCCL and lower earnings expectation from DGKC. NML flagship of Nishat group kept the upswing and crossed the Rs60 mark. JSCL was witnessed as the volume leader of the day with the trading of 13.788m shares, followed by Fauji Cement with10.847m shares, OGDC (SPOT) 9.785m shares, DGKC 9.712m shares, AHSL 8.263m shares, ANL 6.652m shares, BOP 6.637m shares, Pak Petroleum (SPOT) 6.064m shares, Engro Chemicals 5.102m shares, Pak Oilfields 4.740m shares namely. Top gainers at the KSE include Siemens, up by Rs21/share to close at Rs1,250 with the trading of only 1 share, PSO added Rs13.22/share and its total value was improved to Rs300.16, Bata gained Rs11.77/share, closing at Rs971.77, Pak Petroleum (SPOT) up by Rs9.42/share and closed at Rs235.31, Millat Tractors gained Rs8.45/share to close at Rs317.38. On the other hand, Wyeth lost Rs30/share to close at Rs1,269 with the trading of only 1 share, Unilever down by Rs25.44/share, closing at Rs2,226.01, Exide Pak lost Rs7.40/share and its total value was decreased to Rs161.60, Sanofi-Aventis down by Rs5.98/share and closed at Rs172.02, Grays of Camb (Pak) lost Rs4.84/share to close at Rs128.16.