Categories: Business

PSX’s 100-index turns around, gains 173 points

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around to bullish trend on Tuesday, gaining 173.75, a positive change of 0.42 percent, closing at 41,714.30 against 41,540.55 points on the previous day.

A total of 144,845,613 shares were traded during the day as compared to 133,556,497 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs3.756 billion against Rs3.236 billion on the last trading day.

As many as 321 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 122 of them recorded gains and 170 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 29 companies remained unchanged.

The three top-trading companies were PTCL with 15,371,000 shares at Rs6.60 per share, Dewan Motors with 9,589,000 shares at Rs17.70 per share and WorldCall Telecom with 8,634,825 shares at Rs1.34 per share.

Pak Services witnessed a maximum increase of Rs84.53 per share price, closing at Rs1211.93, whereas the runner-up was Indus Sapphire Fiber with a Rs78.75 rise in its per share price to Rs1128.75.

Bata (Pak) witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs49.92 per share closing at Rs1650.08 followed by Premier Suger with a Rs19.17 decline to close at Rs560.00. (APP)

The Frontier Post

Recent Posts

Former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik tapped as UK economic adviser

LONDON (AP) : British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday appointed economist and former Columbia…

21 minutes ago

Australia will pay Nauru to resettle foreign born criminals

MELBOURNE (AP) : Australia will pay the small Pacific island of Nauru to resettle foreign-born…

21 minutes ago

Israel sends tanks deeper in Gaza City, more families flee

CAIRO (Reuters) : Israel pushed tanks deeper into Gaza City and detonated explosives-laden vehicles in…

21 minutes ago

Foreign powers used terrorism in Pakistan for political purposes: PM

F.P. Report TIANJIN : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit…

22 minutes ago

Two pilots among five die in GB helicopter crash

F.P. Report GILGIT-BALSITAN : Five crewmembers died when a helicopter belonging to Gilgit-Baltistan government crashed…

4 hours ago

IHC bench for Aafia Siddiqui case dissolves again as Justice Minhas steps aside

F.P. Report ISLAMABAD : The Islamabad High Court’s proceedings on the petition regarding Dr. Aafia…

4 hours ago

This website uses cookies.