ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) stayed bullish on Wednesday gaining 764.28 points, with a positive change of 0.94 percent. At close the index settled at 82,247.92 points against 81,483.64 points on the last working day.
A total of 422,163,158 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 369,620,812 shares on the last trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 18.380 billion against Rs. 17.062 billion on the previous trading day.
As many as 437 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 248 of them registered gains and 126 met losses, whereas the share price of 63 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Kohinoor Spinning with 51,886,989 shares at Rs8.92 per share, followed by WorldCall Telecom with 29,716,479 shares at Rs 1.25 per share whereas Pace (Pak) Limited settled with 25,434,647 shares at Rs 5.91 per share.
PIA Holding Company Limited recorded a maximum increase of Rs 89.75 per share price, closing at Rs 987.29, whereas Hallmark Company Limited was the runner-up with a Rs 84.90 rise in its per share price to Rs 933.90.
Ismail Industry Limited witnessed a maximum decline of Rs 83.28 per share closing at Rs 1,813.39 followed by Mehmood Textile Mills Limited with Rs 60.40 fall to close at Rs 554.07.
