ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday landed in the green, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 212 points to close at 44,586.04.
A positive start saw the KSE-100 close in on the 45,000 level before mid-day profit-booking meant the index could only finish near the 44,600 level. At close, the KSE-100 finished with a gain of 212.82 points or 0.48%.
Volume on the all-share index increased from 252.76 million on Wednesday to 296.04 million on Thursday, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 10.457 billion against Rs10.082 billion the previous day.
As many as 558 companies transacted shares in the stock market, 311 of them recorded gain and 227 sustained losses whereas the share price of 20 companies remained unchanged.
WorldCall Telecom was the volume leader with 57.98 million shares, followed by Telecard Limited with 36.99 million shares, and Treet Corp with 12.89 million shares.
Unilever Foods witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 200 per share, closing at Rs 19200. Rafhan Maize was runner up, share prices of which increased by Rs 125, closing at Rs 10925.
Colgate PalmXB recorded a maximum decrease of Rs 99.95 per share, closing atRs 2350 followed by Khyber Tobacco, the prices of which declined by Rs 16.48 per share, closing at Rs 318.30.
