KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) today (Monday) witnessed a bullish trend, with the benchmark index gaining 182.13 points, with a positive change of 0.40 percent and closed at 46,097.11 points
Earlier, trading began with a spike and the market remained on the uptrend throughout the day. Extensive buying inflated gains and helped the index stay in the green territory. At close, the benchmark KSE-100 index recorded an increase of 182.13 points, or 0.40%, to settle at 46,097.11.
Sectors contributing to the performance included cement (+87 points), banks (+42 points), auto (+35 points), fertilizer (+26 points) and chemical (+22 points).
Individually, stocks that contributed positively to the index included Systems Limited (+24 points), Millat Tractors (+23 points), Pakistan Petroleum (+21 points), Maple Leaf Cement (+21 points) and Colgate-Palmolive (+20 points).
Stocks that contributed negatively were TRG Pakistan (-43 points), Hubco (-12 points), Pakistan State Oil (-12 points), Mari Petroleum (-8 points) and Searle (-7 points).
Total traded volume was 766 million shares where major contribution came from sideboard stocks. WorldCall Telecom (+13.8%), Silkbank (+4.3%), Summit Bank (+14.3%), Hascol Petroleum (0%) and Fauji Fertiliser (+6.3%) were the volume leaders.
