ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with a bullish trend on Friday, gaining 1,129.94 points, a positive change of 2.08 percent, closing at 55,391.37 points against 54,261.43 points the previous day.
A total of 640,836,781 shares valued at Rs21.146 billion were traded during the day as compared to 482,744,893 shares valued at Rs20.129 billion the previous day.
As many as 380 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 260 of them recorded gains and 103 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 17 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were Cnergyico PK with 103,458,035 shares at Rs.4.78 per share, Hum Network with 42,409,000 shares at Rs.7.23 per share, and Pak Refinery with 31,064,288 shares at Rs.23.18 per share.
Pak Tobacco XD witnessed a maximum increase of Rs.49.00 per share price, closing at Rs.945.00, whereas the runner-up was Archroma Pak with an Rs.30.86 rise in its per share price to Rs489.31.
Rafhan Maize XD witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs.36.67 per share closing at Rs7,930.00, followed by Gadoon Textile with a Rs.8.90 decline to close at Rs.201.00.
