ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index continued with bearish trend on Thursday, losing 150.52 points, a negative change of 0.10 percent, closing at 147,343.51 points against 147,494.03 points last trading day. A total of 935,466,958 shares were traded during the day as compared to 856,664,471 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs33.515 billion against Rs29.286 billion on the last trading day. As many as 474 companies transacted their shares in the stock market. 238 of them recorded gains and 201 sustained losses, whereas the shares prices of 35 companies remained unchanged. The three top trading companies were Pace (Pak) Limited with 71,482,279 shares at Rs8.06 per share, Bank Makramah with 66,004,498 shares at Rs5.81 per share and Pak Elektron with 51,186,186 shares at Rs46.83 per share. Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs757.14 per share price, closing at Rs33,077.14, whereas the runner-up was Sazgar Engineering Works Limited with Rs149.52 rise in its per share price to Rs1,644.75.
PIA Holding Company Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs377.99 per share, closing at Rs26,622.01, followed by Sapphire Textile Mills Limited with Rs61.37 decline in its share price to close at Rs1,370.00.
