ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) 100-index witnessed a bearish trend on Wednesday, losing 419.31 points, a negative change of 0.86%, closing at 48,146.44 points against 48,565.75 points the previous trading day.
A total of 194,576,873 shares were traded during the day in contrast to 251,692,333 shares last day, whereas the rate of shares stood at Rs7.670 billion against Rs9.038 billion on the previous trading day.
In the stock market, 339 companies transacted their shares, eighty-eight of them witnessed gains and 227 suffered losses, whereas the share price of twenty-four companies remained unchanged.
Top Companies at Pakistan Stock Exchange
The 3 top-trading companies were K-Electric Ltd with 19,296,096 shares at Rs2.28 per share; Dewan Motors with 14,109,099 shares at Rs15.14 per share and Oil and Gas Dev with 10,957,134 shares at Rs98.28 per share.
Bata (Pak) registered a maximum increase of 44.00 rupees per share price, closing at Rs1,770.00, whereas the runner-up was Reliance Cotton, with 25.79 rupees rise in its per share price to Rs488.29.
Allawasaya Tex registered a maximum decrease of Rs140.00 per share, closing at Rs1,760.00, followed by Rafhan Maize with a Rs100.00 decline to close at Rs8,500.00.
