ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with a bullish trend on Wednesday, gaining 970.20 more points, with a positive change of 1.22 percent. At close the index settled with 80,461.34 points against 79,491.14 points on the last working day.
A total of 400,195,963 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 536,187,271 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 15.904 billion against Rs. 8.911 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 439 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 186 of them registered gains and 199 met losses, whereas the share price of 54 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 32,229,775 shares at Rs 1.36 per share, followed by TRG Pak Limited with 22,086,988 shares at Rs 59.90 per share whereas Pace (Pak) Limited settled with 19,649,769 shares at Rs 6.94 per share.
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Sapphire Textile Mills Limited registered a maximum increase of Rs 57.88 per share price, closing at Rs 1,148.77, whereas the runner-up was Mari Petroleum Company Limited with a Rs 41.59 rise in its per share price to Rs 457.49.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited saw a maximum fall of Rs 182.77 per share closing at Rs 17,367.23 followed by Sapphire Fibres Limited with Rs 121.42 decline to close at Rs 1,300.10.
