KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday dropped 50 points in a range-bound session.
At close, the benchmark index settled at 45,757.24, down by 50.34 points or 0.11%.
On Wednesday, the PSX had witnessed a positive session as a late-session buying spree on the back of rupee gaining ground in the open market pushed the benchmark KSE-100 Index higher by over 300 points.
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Volume on the all-share index increased to 177.1 million from 139.71 million on Wednesday.
The value of shares rose to Rs7.582 billion from Rs4.813 billion in the previous session.
Pak Petroleum remained the volume leader with 13.141 million shares, followed by WorldCall Telecom with 10.995 million shares and Kot Addu Power with 10.982 million shares.
Shares of 323 companies were traded on Thursday, of which 139 registered an increase, 162 recorded a fall, and 22 remained unchanged.
