ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) recorded a bearish trend on Tuesday, shedding 198.94 points, with a negative change of 0.25 percent. At close the index settled at 78,628.81 points against 78,827.74 points on the previous working day.
A total of 313,085,457 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 371,087,020 shares on the last working day, whereas the price of shares remained at Rs 17.615 billion against Rs 19.156 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 447 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 152 of them registered gains and 239 met losses, whereas the share price of 56 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were The Organic Meat with 24,830,333 shares at Rs 40.47 per share, followed by The Searle Company with 24,067,099 shares at Rs 60.31 per share whereas Fauji Cement settled with 15,819,905 shares at Rs 21.63 per share.
Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited saw a maximum increase of Rs 77.44 per share price, closing at Rs 7,590.00, whereas the runner-up was Pakistan Services Limited with a Rs 38.57 increase in its per share price to Rs 819.02.
Nestle Pakistan Limited recorded a maximum decline of Rs 97.13 per share closing at Rs 6,852.80, followed by Pakistan Engineering Company Limited with a Rs 56.40 decline to close at Rs 603.60.
