ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) observed a bullish trend on Monday, gaining 1,078.15 points, with a positive change of 1.19 percent. At close the index settled at 91,938.01 points as compared to 90,859.85 points on the previous working trading day.
A total of 589,546,678 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 465,865,841 shares on the last trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 29.959 billion against Rs. 23.089 billion on the previous trading day.
As many as 445 companies traded their shares in the stock market, 258 of them registered gains and 140 met losses, whereas the share price of 47 companies remained unchanged.
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The three top trading companies were Power Cement with 56,698,604 shares at Rs 7.12 per share followed by K-Electric Limited with 38,931,623 shares at Rs 4.85 per share whereas Maple Leaf settled with 36,957,197 shares at Rs41.53 per share.
Indus Motor Company Limited recorded a maximum increase of Rs.70.50 per share price, closing at Rs 1,989.28, whereas Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited was the runner-up with Rs 63.75 rise in its per share price to Rs 7,505.35.
Bela Automotives Limited witnessed a maximum decline of Rs 40.59 per share closing at Rs 365.31 followed by Blessed Textile Limited with a decrease of Rs 23.20 to close at Rs 226.80.
