ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) stayed bearish on Friday, losing 1,721.97 points with a negative change of 2.10 percent. At close the session settled at 80,117.89 points against 81,839.86 points on the previous working day.
A total of 479,000,434 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 470,310,927 shares the last day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 27.851 billion against Rs 25.349 billion on the last trading day.
Overall, 446 companies traded their shares in the stock market, 91 of them registered gains and 305 met losses, whereas the share price of 50 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Waves Home Applications with 36,876,803 shares at Rs 10.07 per share, followed by Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim with 30,672,200 shares at Rs 41.03 per share whereas Pak Elektron settled with 24,821,611 shares at Rs26.38 per share.
Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited recorded a maximum increase of Rs 52.03 per share price, closing at Rs 630.00, whereas the runner-up was Khyber Textile Mills Limited with a Rs 30.94 rise in its per share price to Rs 363.08.
Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited witnessed a maximum decline of Rs 144.43 per share closing at Rs 7,585.57, followed by Nestle Pakistan Limited with a Rs143.47 decline to close at Rs.7,005.00.
