Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continues the bullish trend on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index gained over 400 points in the first 20 minutes of trading.
At 9:40 am, the stock market was trading at 151,020.94 points against 150,591.00 points in the previous session.
Previous Session:
The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index continued with a bullish trend on Wednesday, gaining 820.26 more points, a positive change of 0.55 percent, closing at an all-time high of 150,591.00 points against 149,770.75 points last trading day.
A total of 667,817,396 shares were traded during the day as compared to 809,082,439 shares on the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 40.728 billion against Rs 48.430 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 487 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 240 of them recorded gains and 216 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 31 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Bank of Punjab with 52,299,000 shares at Rs 14.92 per share, WorldCall Telecom with 36,266,186 shares at Rs1.48 per share, and Fauji Cement with 33,616,868 shares at Rs 16.42 per share.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 616.58 per share price, closing at Rs 32,394.83, whereas the runner-up was PIA Holding Company Limited with Rs 180.90 rise in its per share price to Rs 27,878.90.
Bhanero Textile Mills Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs74.02 per share closing at Rs 946.54 followed by The Thal Industries Corporation Limited with Rs49.83 decline in its share price to close at Rs574.02.
Meanwhile, in the future market, as many as 323 companies traded shares in the market out of which 166 witnessed gain, 154 loss where the prices of 3 companies remained unchanged.
