The performance was in sharp contrast with Friday's session, when all major indexes plunged.

This index plunged to 112.5 last year from 128.8 in 1988.

The index plunged 87.24 points, or 3.4 percent, to 2,470.52.

The association's index plunged to 49.6 percent from 59.8 percent.

All leading indexes plunged in the first half-hour of trading.

The index meanders and then plunges to a closing low of 7,286.27 on October 9, 2002.

This index plunged 15.1 percent in the third quarter.

Then, on March 11, new parliamentary elections were officially called - and the index plunged to 2,522.4.

Twenty years ago, in October 1979, the index plunged 8.5 percent within three days of setting a record.

But by Jan. 23, the index had plunged below 18,000.