ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday continued with a bearish trend, shedding 366.86 more points, with a negative change of 0.45 percent. At close the index settled at 81,483.64 points against 81,850.50 points on the previous working day.
A total of 369,620,812 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 400,309,071 shares the on last trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 17.062 billion against Rs.18.690 billion on the previous last working day.
As many as 427 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 127 of them registered gains and 246 met losses, whereas the share price of 54 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 39,357,051 shares at Rs1.25 per share, followed by Pace (Pak) Limited with 22,589,739 shares at Rs 5.23 per share whereas Hub Power Company XD settled with 21,241,308 shares at Rs 129.09 per share.
Ismail Industries Limited registered a maximum increase of Rs 146.54 per share price, closing at Rs 1,896.67, whereas the runner-up was Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited with a Rs 57.50 increase in its per share price to Rs 7,300.00.
Nestle Pakistan Limited saw a maximum decline of Rs 52.05 per share closing at Rs 6,906.02 followed by Services Industries Limited with Rs 36.23 fall to close at Rs 1,112.80.
