KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday shed 148 points after the invertor opted profit-taking.
The benchmark KSE-100 Index shed 148.34 points, or 0.35 per cent to close at 42,007.14 points. The KSE-30 shares Index shed 52.83 points, or 0.34 per cent, to close at 15,570.08 points.
As many as 353 scrips were active of which 122 advanced, 204 declined and 27 remained unchanged.
The ready market volumes stood at 238.65 million shares, compared with the turnover of 304.83 million shares in the last trading session.
The companies which reflected the highest gains included Nestle Pakistan up Rs200 to close at Rs5,980/share, and Reliance Cotton up Rs36 to close at Rs594/share.
The companies which reflected the most losses included Sanofi-Aventis down Rs85.50 to close at Rs1,054.50/share, and Bhanero Textile down Rs84.37 to close at Rs1,040.63/share.
The highest volumes were witnessed in K-Electric with a turnover of 34.44 million shares. The scrip gained 10 paisas to close at Rs3.06/share, followed by WorldCall Telecom with a turnover of 30.54 million shares. It shed 5 paisas to close at Rs1.51/share. Telecard Limited remained the third with a turnover of 16.27 million shares. It gained 36 paisas to close at Rs11.66/share.
