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KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) lost 485 points amid selling pressure on Friday.
At close, the index settled at 63,813.06, down by 484.94 points or 0.75%.
Selling was witnessed in automobile assemblers, cement, chemical, commercial banks, and fertiliser sectors.
However, index-heavy OGDC and PPL traded in the green over hope of the circular debt management plan.
Volume on the all-share index decreased to 413 million from 460.7 million a session before.
The value of shares declined to Rs16.2 billion from Rs25.2 billion in the previous session.
P.I.A.C.(A) was the volume leader with 66.2 million shares, followed by K-Electric Ltd with 47 million shares, and Oil & Gas Dev. at 31 million shares.
Shares of 342 companies were traded on Friday, of which 99 registered an increase, 221 recorded a fall, while 22 remained unchanged.
