ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued the bullish momentum on Tuesday while gaining 73.02 points with a positive change of 0.09 percent. At close the index settled at 78,356.32 points against the previous day’s closing of 78,283.30 points.
Overall 436,672,976 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 457,280,204 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 12.255 billion against Rs 15.874 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 443 companies traded their shares in the stock market, 203 of them recorded gains and 167 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 73 companies remained unchanged.
Kohinoor Spinning remained the volume leader among the top-three trading companies with 83,941,688 shares at Rs 11.13 per share, followed by Symmetry Group Limited with 37,132,050 shares at Rs.9.99 per share whereas Agha Steel Industries settled with 21,567,881 shares at Rs.13.88 per share.
Nestle Pakistan Limited recorded a maximum increase of Rs 139.17 per share price, closing at Rs 7,000.00, whereas the runner-up was Mari Petroleum Company Limited with a Rs 66.56 increase in its per share price to Rs 3,510.73.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited registered a maximum fall of Rs 163.50 per share closing at Rs 17,435.50 followed by Khyber Textile Mills Limited with a decline of Rs 67.38 per share to close at Rs 606.46.
