ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained in the green zone, gained 314.95 points on Monday, with a positive change of 0.76 percent and closed at 41,667.94 points compared to 41,352.99 points the previous day.
On the first day of the week, a total of 145,177,892 shares were transacted as compared to 99,545,856 shares on Friday, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs.4,682 billion compared to Rs. 3.336 billion on the last trading day.
Bullish Trend at Pakistan Stock Exchange
As many as 321 companies traded their shares in the stock market; 183 of them witnessed gains and 107 sustained losses, while the share price of 31 companies was traded without change.
The three top-trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 16,777,021 shares at Rs.1.16 per share, Sui North Gas settled as runner-up with 9,750,118 shares at Rs.43.38 per share, followed by Pak Petroleum with 9,434,106 shares at Rs.61.57 per share.
Mari Petroleum recorded a maximum increase of Rs.31.25 per share price, closing at Rs.1,554.17, whereas Colgate Palm settled as runner-up with a rise of Rs.28.87 in its per share price to Rs.1,528.87.
Bata (Pak) witnessed a maximum decline of Rs.63.50 per share, closing at Rs.1,630.50, followed by Nestle Pakistan with a decrease of Rs.50.02 per share to close at Rs.6,489.98.
