F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bullish trend on Wednesday, gaining 51.29 points, with a positive change of 0.13 percent, closing at 40,499.34 against 40,448.05 points on the previous day.
A total of 84,164,030 shares were traded during the day as compared to 67,536,928 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs3.628 billion against Rs2.275 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 313 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 174 of them recorded gains and 114 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 25 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were Silk Bank Ltd. with 6,401,500 shares at Rs1.10 per share, World Call Telecom with 5,130,785 shares at Rs1.15 per share, and Engro Crop with 4,278,855 shares at Rs292.00 per share.
Khyber Textile witnessed a maximum increase of Rs41.75 per share price, closing at Rs680.00, whereas the runner-up was Premium Tex. with a Rs29.56 rise in its per share price to Rs459.99.
Nestle Pakistan XD witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs152.83 per share closing at Rs5197.17, followed by Unilever Foods with a Rs54.00 decline to close at Rs18000.00. (APP)
