ISLAMABAD: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued to observe a bullish trend on Wednesday, while gaining 162.41 more points, with a positive change of 0.20 percent. At close the index settled at 81,967.01 points against 81,804.59 points on the last working day.
A total of 360,987,426 shares were entertained during the day as compared to 359,081,585 shares on the last trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 15.391 billion against Rs. 17.160 billion on the previous trading day.
As many as 448 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 164 of them registered gains and 221 met losses, whereas the share price of 63 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Agha Steel Industries with 30,832,938 shares at Rs 10.72 per share, followed by WorldCall Telecom with 26,473,160 shares at Rs 1.21 per share whereas Fauji Cement settled with 20,045,582 shares at Rs 27.41 per share.
Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited registered a maximum rise of Rs 187.57 per share price, closing at Rs 6,999.00, whereas Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited was the runner-up with a Rs 28.80 increase in its per share price to Rs 17,295.80.
Hoechst Pakistan Limited recorded a maximum decline of Rs 48.14 per share closing at Rs 2,010.03 followed by Lucky Core Industries Limited with a Rs 28.86 decrease to close at Rs 1,021.90.
