ISLAMABAD – The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Monday, gaining 40.49 points, a positive change of 0.03 percent, closing at 119,689.63 points as compared to 119,649.14 points on the last trading day. A total of 425,372,280 shares were traded during the day as compared to 572,287,175 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs22.274 billion against Rs29.026 billion on the last trading day. As many as 465 companies transacted their shares in the stock market. 222 of them recorded gains and 199 sustained losses, whereas the shares prices of 44 companies remained unchanged. The three top trading companies were Fauji Foods Limited with 60,601,551 shares at Rs16.28 per share, Crescent Star Insurance Limited with 20,056,727 shares at Rs3.15 per share and At-Tahur Limited with 18,289,768 shares at Rs46.13 per share. PIA Holding Company Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs1,245.77 per share, closing at Rs13,703.44, whereas runner-up was Rafhan Maize Products Company with Rs926.69 rise in its share price to close at Rs10,193.54.
Bhanero Textile Mills Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs59.74 per share price, closing at Rs700.26, whereas the runner-up was Hoechst Pakistan Limited with Rs50.96 decline in its per share price to Rs3,198.04.
