News Desk
ISLAMABAD: After intermittent fluctuation, the 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around to a bullish trend on Thursday while gaining 113.56 points with a positive change of 0.28 percent, closing at 40,733.51 as compared to 40,619.95 points on Wednesday.
On Thursday, a total of 124,087,701 shares were transacted against 130,973,488 shares the previous day, while the price of shares stood at Rs6.120 billion as compared to Rs5.877 billion on the last trading day.
Bullish Trend in Pakistan Stock Exchange
As many as 328 companies traded their shares in the stock market, 152 recorded gains, and 146 sustained losses, while the share price of 30 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were WorldCall Telecom, Pak Petroleum and Dewan Motors with 20,606,814 shares at Rs1.17 per share, 12,289,269 shares at Rs75.35 per share, and with 6,197,500 shares at Rs14.48 per share respectively.
Nestle Pakistan recorded a maximum increase of Rs94.99 per share price, closing at Rs5,300.00, whereas Mari PetroleumXD stood as the runner-up with a rise of Rs32.63 in its per share price to Rs1,454.35.
Pak Services experienced a maximum decline of Rs157.13 per share, closing at Rs1,938.00, followed by Siemens Pak with a decrease of Rs47.64 to close at R.587.58.
