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KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with its bearish trend on Monday with the benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding 366.17 points (-0.77pc) to close at 47,123.62 points.
The benchmark index traded in a range of 571.78 points, posting its intraday high at 47,625.42 and low at 47,053.64. At close, the KSE-100 finished with a fall of 366.33 points or 0.77% to end at 47,123.62.
Among other indices, the KSE All Share Index lost 263.52 points (-0.81pc) to close at 38,280.47 points, while the KMI-30 index dropped 777.12 points (-1.01pc) to close at 76,063.50 points.
Sectors putting the KSE-100 under pressure included cement (88.25 points), technology and communication (67.27 points), and fertiliser (30.60 points). Shares of 469 companies were traded on Monday, of which 73 registered an increase, 372 recorded a fall, while 24 remained unchanged.
Volume on the all-share index reduced significantly from 499.73 million on Friday to 337.29 million on Monday. The value of shares traded during the session declined to Rs11.33 billion, from Rs13.65 billion on Friday.
WorldCall Telecom remained the volume leader with 42.22 million shares, followed by Fauji Foods Ltd with 17.40 million shares, and Ghani Global Holdings at 17.33 million shares.