ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE 100-index continued with bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 978.17 more points, a positive of 0.71 percent, closing at 139,390.42 points against 138,412.25 points last trading day. A total of 577,348,593 shares were traded during the day as compared to 425,836,625 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs36.348 billion against Rs24.999 billion on the last trading day. As many as 483 companies transacted their shares in the stock market. 235 of them recorded gains and 215 sustained losses, whereas the shares prices of 33 companies remained unchanged. The three top trading companies were Bank of Punjab with 82,936,839 shares at Rs14.06 per share, Invest Bank with 37,156,865 shares at Rs8.99 per share and Oil and Gas Dev. with 24,206,621 shares at Rs233.01 per share.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs477.94 per share price, closing at Rs33,497.96, whereas the runner-up was Pakistan Services Limited with Rs36.02 rise in its per share price to Rs1,015.01.
PIA Holding Company Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs2,542.49 per share, closing at Rs28,756.51, followed by SS Oil Mills Limited with Rs60.84 decline in its share price to close at Rs730.24.
