PSX gains 273 points to close at 29,505 points
A total of 193,711,949 shares were traded compared to the trade 221,865,742 shares
KARACHI (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday witnessed bullish trend for the third consecutive day as KSE-100 index closed at 29,505.57 points as compared to 29,231.63 points on the last working day with the positive change of 273.94 points (0.94 %).
A total of 193,711,949 shares were traded compared to the trade 221,865,742 shares during the previous day, whereas the value of shares traded during the day stood at 6.694 billion as compared to Rs7.356 billion during last trading day.
As many as 358 companies transacted shares in the Stock Market Tuesday, out of which 214 recorded gain and 122 sustained losses whereas the share price of 22 companies remained unchanged.
The three top traded companies were Maple Leaf with a volume of 24,646,500 shares and price per share of Rs21.07, Hascol petrol with a volume of 17,936,000 and price per share of Rs11.78 and Unity foods Ltd with a volume of 10,231,000 and price per share of Rs9.74.
Mari Petroleum recorded maximum increase of Rs59.56 per share, closing at Rs950.66 while Indus Motor Co was runner up with the increase of Rs54.71 per share, closing at Rs784.24.
Nestle Pakistan recorded maximum decrease of Rs100 per share, closing at Rs6600 whereas prices of Sapphire Fiber decreased by Rs32.99 per share closing at Rs541.01.
