Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday witnessed a volatile session amid Pakistan Indian tensions which has created an uncertain situation in the region.
Soon after the stock market opened, the benchmark KSE-100 index dropped over 1000 points, however later the market recovered the loss and entered in green, but after gaining up to 200 points, the selling pressure against force it to fall in the red.
At the end of the session, the KSE-100 index dropped -11.70 points, with a negative change of -0.01%, to 114,102.23 against 114,113.93.
The highest level of the stock market during the session was recorded at 114,552.20, while the lowest at 113,077.66.
A total of 153,205,179 shares were traded during the day as compared to 372,363,708 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 13. 654 billion against Rs 23.285 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 452 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 240 of them recorded gains and 155 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 57 companies remained unchanged.
