KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with the positive momentum today (Thursday), recording gains for the two consecutive sessions amid improved market sentiments.
The benchmark KSE-100 Index remained in the green throughout the day, registering its intraday at 43,631.36 after accumulating 543.93 points. However, it settled higher by 329.07 points at 43,416.77.
Among other indices, the KMI-30 Index gained 626.02 points to end at 70,749.26, while the KSE All Share Index also gained 195.82 points, closing at 30,444.49.
A total 570,583,163 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 378,938,106 shares the previous day whereas the price of shares stood at Rs.25.513 billion against Rs. 17.734 billion previous day.
As many as 402 companies transacted shares in the stock market, 232 of them recorded gain and 150 sustained losses whereas the share price of 20 companies remained unchanged.
The three top traded companies were Unity Foods Ltd with a volume of 46,887,000 shares and price per share of Rs.26.75, TRG Pak Ltd with a volume of 37,299,000 and price per share of Rs.72.95 and Maple Leaf with a volume of 34,682,933 and price per share of Rs. 41.94.
