Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continue the bullish trend for the second consecutive day on Friday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index gained over 500 points in the early trading.
At 9:40 am, the stock market was trading at 117,449.85 points against 116,901.13 points on the previous session.
Previous session:
The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around to bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 881.03 points, a positive change of 0.76 percent, closing at 116,901.13 points as compared to 116,020.11 points on the last trading day.
A total of 408,066,790 shares were traded during the day as compared to 481,813,460 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs32.127 billion against Rs38.536 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 445 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 212 of them recorded gains and 172 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 61 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Maple Leaf with 23,794,610 shares at Rs 64.57 per share, B O Punjab Limited with 23,321,095 shares at Rs 11.26 per share, and Cnergyico PK with 17,945,036 shares at Rs 8.53 per share.
PIA Holding Company Limited B witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 175.36 per share, closing at Rs 1,928.9,7, whereas the runner-up was Sazgar Engineering Works Limited with a Rs 62.44 rise in its share price to close at Rs 1,232.22.
Hoechst Pakistan Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 153.86 per share price, closing at Rs 3,041.09, whereas the runner-up Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited with Rs 56.65 decline in its per share price to Rs 22,911.32.
