Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Monday, the first trading session of the week, and the benchmark KSE-100 Index gained over 600 points in the early trading.
At 9:45 am the stock market was trading at 117,955.90 ,with a negative change of 0.55%, against 117,315.58 points on the previous session.
Previous session:
The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Friday, gaining 414.45 points, a positive change of 0.35 percent, closing at 117,315.59 points as compared to 116,901.13 points on the last trading day.
A total of 425,121,963 shares were traded during the day as compared to 408,066,790 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs34.495 billion against Rs32.127 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 446 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 189 of them recorded gains and 197 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 60 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Sui South Gas with 38,238,255 shares at Rs 42.47 per share, Bank International Bulk with 30,965,499 shares at Rs 10.61 per share, and K-Electric Limited with 22,907,790 shares at Rs 4.53 per share.
PIA Holding Company Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 192.90 per share, closing at Rs 2,121.87, whereas the runner-up was Hoechst Pakistan Limited with a Rs 155.91 rise in its share price to close at Rs 3,197.0.
Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 18.57 per share price, closing at Rs 8,931.43, whereas the runner-up Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan) Limited with Rs 17.79 decline in its per share price to Rs 1,371.15.
