ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Friday while losing 130.75 points with a negative change of 0.32 percent, closing at 40,707.76 points as compared to 40,838.51 points on Thursday.
On Friday a total of 153,441,220 shares were traded against 150,264,321 shares on the last trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs.4.958 billion compared to Rs. 5.772 billion on the previous day.
Bearish Trend in PSX
As many as 330 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 113 of them experianced gains and 189 closed with loss, whereas the share price of 28 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 35,124,759 shares at Rs.1.30 per share, Maple Leaf with 10,541,476 shares at Rs.24.72 per share, while TPL Properties with 7,081,672 shares at Rs.14.66 per share.
Unilever Foods experinced a maximum appreciation of Rs.1,317.00 per share price, closing at Rs.19,527.50, while the runner-up was Rafhan Maize with an increase of Rs.490.00 in its per share price to Rs.8,990.00.
Premium Tex recorded a maximum decline of Rs.43.99 per share closing at Rs.575.00, followed by Ismail Ind with a decrease of Rs.29.09 to close at Rs.480.01.
