ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued to observe a bearish trend on Thursday, while shedding 1,319.80 points, with a negative change of 1.46 percent. At close the index settled at 88,966.77 points as compared to 90,286.57 points on the last trading day.
Overall, 546,274,609 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 614,564,066 shares the previous working day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 24.117 billion against Rs. 27.341 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 437 companies traded their shares in the stock market, 137 of them registered gains and 240 met losses, whereas the share price of 60 companies remained unchanged.
K-Electric Limited remained the volume leader among the top-three trading companies with 73,617,949 shares at Rs 4.44 per share, followed by Bank of Punjab with 42,667,349 shares at Rs 5.82 per share whereas WorldCall Telecom settled with 25,898,091 shares at Rs1.22 per share.
Hoechst Pakistan Limited recorded a maximum increase of Rs.140.46 per share price, closing at Rs 2,257.58, whereas Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited was the runner-up with a Rs 112.49 rise in its per share price to Rs 19,100.00.
PIA Holding Company Limited registered a maximum decline of Rs 91.28 per share closing at Rs 831.24 followed by Nestle Pakistan Limited with a decrease of Rs 75.73 decline to close at Rs 6,552.02.
