The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange gained 31.81 points on Tuesday, a slight positive change of 0.08 per cent, closing at 40,653.03 points against 40,621.22 points the previous day.
A total of 124,856,236 shares were traded during the day as compared to 179,780,375 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs.4.031 billion against Rs. 5.624 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 311 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 106 of them recorded gains and 179 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 26 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were K-Electric Ltd with 9,921,992 shares at Rs.1.59 per share; Worldcall Telecom with 6,986,096 shares at Rs.1.14 per share and Hascol Petrol with 6,737,000 shares at Rs.5.75 per share.
Nestle Pakistan witnessed a maximum increase of Rs.100.00 per share price, closing at Rs.6,650.00, whereas the runner-up was Bata (Pak) with an Rs.99.57 rise in its per share price to Rs.1,835.57.
Rafhan Maize witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs.149.00 per share closing at Rs.8,350.00; followed by Mehmood Tex with Rs.79.90 decline to close at Rs.985.43.
Meanwhile, Pakistani Rupee on Tuesday gained 04 paisas against the US Dollar (USD) in the interbank trading as it closed at Rs 287.21 against the previous day’s closing of Rs 287.25.
However, according to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of dollars in the open market stood at Rs 290.5 and Rs 293 respectively.
The price of the Euro went up by Rs 0.7 to close at Rs 313.98 against the last day’s closing of Rs 313.91, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
The Japanese Yen remain unchanged to close at Rs 2.02, whereas a decrease of Rs 0.87 was witnessed in the exchange rate of the British Pound, which traded at Rs 367.20 as compared to its last day’s closing of Rs 368.07.
The exchange rates of the Emirates Dirham and the Saudi Riyal depreciated by 02 paisas each to close at Rs 78.19 and Rs 76.56 respectively.
