The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Tuesday, gaining 447.90 points, a positive change of 0.57 percent, closing at 78,987.09 points against 78,539.19 points on the last working day.
A total of 316,245,462 shares were traded during the day as compared to 375,599,184 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 17.074 billion against Rs 19.350 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 433 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 225 of them recorded gains and 164 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 44 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were PIA Holding Company with 22,079,450 shares at Rs 15.63 per share, Pak Elektron with 19,793,659 shares at Rs 26.26 per share and WorldCall Telecom with 19,515,808 shares at Rs1.17 per share.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 74.08 per share price, closing at Rs 18,200.00, whereas the runner-up was Lucky Core Industries Limited with a Rs 61.25 rise in its per share price to Rs 966.36.
PIA Holding Company LimitedB witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 95.42 per share closing at Rs 858.78, followed by Pakistan Engineering Company Limited with a Rs 51.00 decline to close at Rs 670.00.—APP
