ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) observed a bullish trend on Tuesday while gaining 578.96 points, with a positive change of 0.68 percent. At close the index settled at 85,840.34 points against 85,261.39 points on the last trading day.
A total of 422,107,359 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 477,642,675 shares the previous working day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 24.467 billion against Rs. 23.474 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 443 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 202 of them registered gains and 174 met losses, whereas the share price of 67 companies remained unchanged.
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The three top trading companies were PTCL with 37,868,367 shares at Rs 15.73 per share followed by Hub Power Company XD with 33,284,625 shares at Rs 98.83 per share whereas Kohinoor Spinning settled with 22,458,138 shares at Rs 7.59 per share.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited recorded a maximum increase of Rs 126.95 per share price, closing at Rs 17,477.45, whereas Reliance Pakistan Engineering Company Limited was the runner-up with Rs 75.64 rise in its per share price to Rs 876.30.
Hallmark Company Limited witnessed a maximum decline of Rs 98.34 per share closing at Rs 885.06 followed by Sapphire Fibres Limited with Rs 93.20 fall to close at Rs 1,255.65.