Islamabad, Aug 21: The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) 100-Index saw a positive movement of 0.66 percent on Wednesday, turning around to reflect a bullish trend. It closed at 78,260.86 points, down from 77,745.52 points on the previous working day.
In comparison to the 380,717,441 shares exchanged the day before, a total of 552,564,507 shares were moved during the day. The price of the shares was Rs 14.590 billion as opposed to Rs 11.237 billion on the previous trading day. A total of 453 firms traded their shares on the stock market; 289 of those companies saw gains, 119 saw losses, and 45 saw their share prices stay steady.
Kohinoor Spinning, with 62,921,008 shares at Rs 11.23 per share, Power Cement, with 41,961,669 shares at Rs 5.79 per share, and Yousuf Weaving, with 37,366,130 shares at Rs 6.82 per share, were the top three trading businesses.
Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited came in second place with a per share price increase of Rs 32.55 to Rs 568.10, while Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited saw the largest increase of Rs. 219.46 to close at Rs 17,819.46. The largest decliners were Hoechst Pakistan Limited, which closed at Rs. 1,626.11 after losing Rs. 125.90 a share, and Atlas Ismail Industries Limited, which lost Rs. 61.50 to conclude at Rs. 1,537.50.
