ISLAMABAD: After breaching a 14-month-long psychological barrier of 44000 last day, gaining over 600 points, the 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained stable on Friday with a slight gain of 28.46 points.
The market remained in the green zone with a positive change of 0.06 percent, closing at 44,207.31 points compared to 44,178.85 points last day.
On the last day of the week, a total of 247,993,312 shares were transacted against 297,822,139 shares the previous day, while the price of shares settled at Rs.8.512 billion compared to Rs.12.428 billion on the last trading day.
Bullish Trend at PSX
On closing of the trading, 327 companies traded their shares in the stock market, 158 of them recorded gains and 149 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 20 companies observed no change.
The three top-trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 35,838,308 shares at Rs.1.25 per share, Telecard Limited with 19,877,612 shares at Rs.7.72 per share, followed by TRG Pak Ltd with 14,648,705 shares at Rs.106.43 per share.
Siemens Pak observed a maximum appreciation of Rs.39.80 per share price, closing at Rs.738.80, whereas Mehmood Tex remained as the runner-up, an increase of Rs.37.38 in its per share price to Rs.762.38.
Rafhan Maize recorded a maximum decline of Rs.110.00 per share, closing at Rs.8,290.00, followed by Mari Petroleum with a decline of Rs.9.79 per share to close at Rs.1,540.24.
