KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) today (Tuesday) has continued its recovery, with the indices remained in the green throughout the day.
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed another profitable session as the KSE-100 index closed at 40,956.41 after gaining 616.41 points. Close to 323.05 million shares had changed hands by the end of the session, with a total worth of nearly Rs 11.7 billion.
Among other indices, the KMI-30 Index accumulated 1,412.69 points to end at 65,727.69, while the KSE All Share Index gathered 362.21 points, settling at 28,930.00.
The overall market volumes inflated from 319.53 million shares in the previous session to 492.67 million shares (+54pc). The average traded value also surged by 106pc, from $49 million to $101.7 million.
Unity Foods Ltd (UNTIY +3.95pc), Hascol Petroleum Ltd (HASCOL +6.00pc) and Fauji Foods Ltd (FFL -1.04pc) led the volume chart, exchanging 77.97 million, 50.61 million and 35.12 million shares, respectively.
Sectors that drove the index north included cement (+110.56 points), power generation & distribution (+107.02 points) and banking (+90.80 points). Among the companies, Hub Power Company Ltd (HUBC +84.15 points), Lucky Cement Ltd (LUCK +48.06 points) and Meezan Bank Ltd (MEBL +41.64 points) remained the top contributors.
Adding 8.53pc to its cumulative market capitalization, the refinery sector turned out to be the session’s top performer, with Byco Petroleum Pakistan Ltd (BYCO +10.91pc), Attock Refinery Ltd (ATRL 7.50pc), Pakistan Refinery Ltd (PRL +7.44pc) and National Refinery Ltd (NRL +7.42pc) posting significant gains.
On the financial side, National Refinery Ltd (NRL +7.42pc) announced earnings per share of Rs16.40 for the 1st quarter of FY21 (Rs8.49 last year); International Steels Ltd (ISL +1.52pc) declared an EPS of Rs1.29 (Rs0.80 last year), Attock Refinery Ltd (ATRL +7.50pc) posted an EPS of Rs5.27 (Rs3.47 last yea), while Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL +0.96pc) recorded an EPS of Rs12.78 (Rs14.12 in 1QFY20).
