ISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Wednesday, gaining 183.02 points, with a positive change of 0.42 percent, closing at 44,111.10 points against 43,928.08 points on the last working day.
A total of 108,410,486 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 115,644,646 shares the previous day whereas the price of shares stood at Rs4.270 billion against Rs4.584 billion on last trading day. As many as 324 companies transacted shares in the stock market, 190 of them recorded gain and 104 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 30 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Treet Corp with a volume of 13,434,500 shares and price per share of Rs32.71, Telecard Limited with a volume of 11,966,834 and price per share of Rs 14.55 and Engro Polymer with volume of 5,562,174 and price per share of Rs75.15.
Unilever Foods XD witnessed a maximum increase of Rs745.00 per share, closing at Rs24,500 whereas the runner up was Sapphire Fiber, the share prices of which climbed up by Rs57.60 to Rs825.60. Rafhan Maize witnessed maximum decrease of Rs600 closing at Rs11,400 followed by Nestle PakistanXD, the share price of which declined by Rs392.03 to close at Rs5,500.
