KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday gained 394 points due to positive sentiments from investors, showing growth of 0.87 percent, closing at 45,707.43 points against 45,312.66 points the previous trading day.
A total of 139,251,269 shares were traded during the day as compared to 161,824,998 shares, whereas the trading value of shares was recorded at Rs 4.476 billion against Rs 4.464 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 313 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 187 of them recorded gains and 105 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 21 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were Al-Shaheer Corp with 11,268,667 shares at Rs 10.48 per share; WorldCall Telecom with 11,211,536 shares at Rs 1.17 per share and Dewan Motors with 8,848,489 shares at Rs 16.41 per share.
Cotton Palm witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 31.31 per share price, closing at Rs 1,298.30, whereas the runner-up was Indus Al-Abbas Sugar with Rs 23.98 rise in its per share price to Rs 504.99.
Mehmood Textile witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 47.55 per share closing at Rs 586.45; followed by Archroma Pak with Rs 27.58 decline to close at Rs 454.42.
