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KARACHI: Investors of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a range-bound session today (Thursday), with the indices swaying both ways in search of a clear direction before closing in the red.
The benchmark KSE-100 Index endured a volatile start, touching its intraday high at 47,339.21 and low at 46,746.58 (-187.05 points). It settled lower by 27.84 points at 46,905.79.
Among other indices, the KMI-30 Index gained 306.34 points to end at 76,326.91, while the KSE All Share Index inched up by 27.13 points, closing at 32,386.09. A total of 440,278,054 shares were traded during the day whereas the price of shares stood at Rs26.421 billion.
As many as 430 companies’ transacted shares in the stock market, 161 of them recorded gain and 248 sustained losses whereas the share price of 21 companies remained unchanged.
The three top traded companies were Pak Refinery with a volume of 34,493,500 shares and price per share of Rs27.92, TRG Pak Ltd with a volume of 30,377,500 and price per share of Rs119.41 and K-Electric Ltd with a volume of 19,245,500 and price per share of Rs4.67.
