Pakistan Stock Exchange( PSX) on Tuesday opened in green and the benchmark KSE-100 Index gained 554.63 points in the early trading.
At 9:40 am, the stock market was trading at 139,934.68 points against 139,380.05 points in the previous session.
Previous Session:
The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index witnessed a bullish trend on Monday, gaining 172.77 points, a positive change of 0.12 percent, closing at 139,380.06 points against 139,207.29 points last trading day.
A total of 589,306,106 shares were traded during the day as compared to 634,810,939 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 34.562 billion against Rs 24.611 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 483 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 251 of them recorded gains and 205 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 27 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were Aisha Steel Mill with 51,818,828 shares at Rs 12.76 per share, Agha Steel Ind. with 46,621,631 shares at Rs9.92 per share and B.O. Punjab with 23,774,754 shares at Rs 13.49 per share.
Atlas Honda Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 77.29 per share price, closing at Rs 1,237.54, whereas the runner-up was Sazgar Engineering Works Limited with Rs 62.91 rise in its per share price to Rs 31,548.00.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs627.42 per share closing at Rs 33,512.13 followed by PIA Holding Company LimitedB with Rs386.62 decline in its share price to close at Rs31,548.00.
