The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index closed nearly flat on Wednesday, as investor sentiment remained weak amid a lack of positive triggers.
The KSE-100 started slightly positive, hitting an intra-day high of 46,036.04. However, profit-taking curbed the gains as the index was unable to sustain a level over 46,000.
At close, the KSE-100 settled at 45,889.58, down by 20.89 points or 0.05%.
Oil & gas exploration companies, technology & communication, and fertiliser sectors were the major laggards, according to the brokerage house.
Volume on the all-share index increased to 129.37 million from 117.14 million on Tuesday.
The value of shares decreased to Rs3.64 billion from Rs4.1 billion in the previous session.
Treet Corp remained the volume leader with 17.8 million shares, followed by SEARLR2 with 15.95 million shares and Pak Petroleum with 6.15 million shares.
Shares of 314 companies were traded on Wednesday, of which 133 registered an increase, 160 recorded a fall, and 21 remained unchanged.
