Pakistan Stock Exchange Sheds 216 Points

Thu Oct 10 2024
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ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) recorded a bearish trend, shedding 216.06 points on Thursday, with a negative change of 0.25 percent. At close the index settled at 85,453.22 points against 85,669.28 points on the last trading day.

Overall 503,750,595 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 596,052,076 shares the previous working day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 27.912 billion against Rs. 31.341 billion on the last trading day.

As many as 313 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 115 of them registered gains and 189 met losses, whereas the share price of 9 companies remained unchanged.

The top three trading companies were PTCL with 52,237,770 shares at Rs 14.52 per share, followed by Hub Power Company XD with 46,573,519 shares at Rs 112.73 per share whereas PIA Holding Company settled with 25,513,036 shares at Rs 20.35 per share.

Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited registered a maximum increase of Rs 28.71 per share price, closing at Rs 17,700.50, whereas Buxly Paints Limited was runner-up with a Rs 16.70 rise in its per share price to Rs 183.72.

Hallmark Company Limited witnessed a maximum decline of Rs 134.72 per share closing at Rs 1,213.31 followed by Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited with Rs 122.00 fall to close at Rs 7,028.00.

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