ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)’s 100-index witnessed a gain of 23.32 points on Wednesday, showing a 0.06 percent rise as it closed at 41,737.62 against 41,714.30 points on Tuesday.
A sun of 146,710,701 shares changed hands during the day while 144,845,613 shares had done so the previous day, while the shares’ price stood at Rs3.910 billion against Rs3.756 billion on the previous trading day.
A total of 332 companies saw transactions in their shares; 126 of them made gains and 186 were hit by losses, while the share prices of 20 companies did not change.
Companies with maximum trading on PSX
The top three companies according to trades made included TPL Properties with 15,755,442 shares at Rs19.70 per share, Unity Foods Ltd with 8,262,372 shares at Rs16.02 per share and Dewan Motors with 7,975,500 shares at Rs16.46 per share.
Bhanero Textile saw a maximum increase of Rs74.10 per share price, closing at Rs1,063.00, while next came Pak Services with a Rs67.24 increase in its per share price to Rs 1,279.17. The maximum decrease was seen in Rafhan Maiz with Rs240.01 per share closing at Rs9,060 while Nestle Pakistan saw a decrease of Rs149.99 decline to close at Rs5,500.01. – APP
