Stock market loses 435 points

ISLAMABAD - The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Monday, losing 435.28 points, with a negative change of 0.94 percent, closing at 45,644.09 points against 46,079.37 points on the last working day. A total of 187,808,808 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 170,627,572 shares the previous day whereas the price of shares stood at Rs5.945 billion against Rs7.720 billion the previous day. As many as 349 companies transacted shares in the stock market, 58 of them recorded gain and 273 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 18 companies remained unchanged. The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with a volume of 33,532,500 shares and price per share of Rs2.05, Telecard Limited with a volume of 9,877,356 and price per share of Rs16.32 and Ghani Glo Hol with volume of 7,805,000 and price per share of Rs20.50. Mari Petroleum witnessed a maximum increase of Rs25.82 per share, closing at Rs1,774.06 whereas the runner up was Khairpur Sugar, the share prices of which climbed up by Rs6.26 to Rs89.78. Rafhan Maize witnessed maximum decrease of Rs495 closing at Rs10,405 followed by Allawasaya Tex, the share price of which declined by Rs174.38 to close at Rs2,150.73.

 

 

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