Islamabad, Sep 23: The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) 100-Index saw a bearish trend on Monday, closing at 81,850.50 points as opposed to 82,074.45 points on the previous working day, a decrease of 223.95 points or 0.27 percent.
In comparison to the 482,373,803 shares exchanged on the previous trading day, 400,309,071 shares were moved during the day. The price of shares was Rs 18.690 billion as opposed to Rs 30.188 billion on the previous trading day.
In the stock market, 439 firms exchanged their shares; 143 of them saw gains, 237 saw losses, and the share prices of 59 companies stayed the same.The top three trading businesses were Oil and Gas Development (23,080,653 shares at Rs 138.61 per share), WorldCall Telecom (29,117,310 shares at Rs 1.28 per share), and Pace (Pak) Limited (30,381,268 shares at Rs 5.39 per share).
With a highest increase of Rs 129.80 per share, Sapphire Fibres Limited closed at Rs 1,429.90. Ismail Industries Limited came in second place with a rise of Rs 124.19 per share, to Rs 1,750.13. Sazgar Engineering Works Limited saw a decline of Rs 45.88 to conclude at Rs 973.75, while Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited saw a greatest decrease of Rs 228.70 per share to close at Rs 17,387.55.
