Islamabad, Aug 28: The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) 100-Index closed at 77,992.79 points on Wednesday, down 91.45 points or 0.12 percent from the previous business day’s close of 78,084.24 points. The number of shares traded throughout the day was 636,024,989, up from 591,511,522 the day before. The price of the shares was Rs 16.267 billion, down from Rs 17.177 billion on the previous trading day.
Up to 452 firms traded their shares on the stock market; 140 of them saw gains and 260 saw losses; 52 companies’ share prices stayed the same,with 124,735,968 shares trading at Rs 11.44 a share, Kohinoor Spinning was the top three trading company.
Yousuf Weaving has 34,902,609 shares at Rs 5.81 a share, while Fauji Foods Ltd. has 39,280,114 shares at Rs. 8.92 per share. Mari Petroleum Company Limited saw the largest increase in share price, rising by Rs 88.16 to close at Rs 3,389.88. Hallmark Company Limited came in second, with a rise in share price of Rs 62.56 to Rs 688.13.The biggest decliners were Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited, which closed at Rs 17,340.00, and Nestle Pakistan Limited, which closed at Rs 6,817.15, with a fall of Rs 46.40 per share.
