Islamabad: The 100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday continued with bullish trend, gaining 366.72 points, a positive change of 0.73 per cent, closing at 50,731.87 points.
A total of 430,052,557 shares valuing Rs.14.611 billion were traded during the day.
As many as 350 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 188 of them recorded gains and 145 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 17 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were Pak Refinery with 42,467,382 shares at Rs.18.13 per share, K-Electric Ltd with 35,749,829 shares at Rs.3.26 per share and WorldCall Telecom with 31,023,989 shares at Rs.1.28 per share.
Pak Hotels XD witnessed a maximum increase of Rs35.72 per share price, closing at Rs 512.25, whereas the runner-up was Murree Brewery XD with a Rs.18.67 rise in its per share price to Rs 267.66.
Nestle Pakistan witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs190.00 per share closing at Rs.7,200.00, followed by Pak Tobacco with a Rs.37.60 decline to close at Rs.737.33.
