ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) lost 91.45 points on Wednesday, showing a negative change of 0.12 percent. At close the index settled at 77,992.79 points against 78,084.24 points on the last working day.
A total of 636,024,989 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 591,511,522 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares remained at Rs 16.267 billion against Rs 17.177 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 452 companies traded their shares in the stock market, 140 of them saw gains and 260 met losses, whereas the share price of 52 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Kohinoor Spinning with 124,735,968 shares at Rs 11.44 per share, followed by Fauji Foods Ltd with 39,280,114 shares at Rs.8.92 per share and Yousuf Weaving settled with 34,902,609 shares at Rs 5.81 per share.
Mari Petroleum Company Limited witnessed a maximum rise of Rs 88.16 per share price, closing at Rs 3,389.88, whereas the runner-up was Hallmark Company Limited with a Rs 62.56 increase in its per share price to Rs 688.13.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited recorded a maximum decline of Rs 160.00 per share closing at Rs 17,340.00 followed by Nestle Pakistan Limited with Rs 46.40 decline to close at Rs 6,817.15.
