ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) observed a bullish trend on Tuesday, gaining 671.73 points, with a positive change of 0.85 percent. At close the index settled at 79,286.74 points against 78,615.00 points on the last working day.
A total of 509,490,385 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 491,124,197 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 13.763 billion against Rs.10.124 billion on the last working day.
As many as 436 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 202 of them registered gains and 170 faced losses, whereas the share price of 64 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 117,010,305 shares at Rs 1.52 per share, followed by Kohinoor Spining with 57,119,736 shares at Rs.10.06 per share whereas Agritech Limited settled with 18,160,711 shares at Rs.35.31 per share.
Hoechst Pakistan Limited saw a maximum increase of Rs.137.38 per share price, closing at Rs 2,069.23, whereas the runner-up was Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited with a Rs 68.99 rise in its per share price to Rs 17,368.99.
Hallmark Company Limited witnessed a maximum decline of Rs 104.68 per share closing at Rs 999.96 followed by Khyber Textile Mills Limited with a drop of Rs 60.65 to close at Rs 545.81.
