Karachi (June 19, 2017): Pakistan Stock Exchange was closed on a negative note during the first trading day of the week, while the benchmark KSE-100 Index shed by 265 points.
PSX index slipped 0.57 per cent to touch 46,593 points by the end of Monday’s session. The benchmark tested the day’s high at 47,083 points within the first 10 minutes of the session, but fell rapidly after. It touched the day’s low at 46,313 points during intraday trading.
Trading activity was led by the banking sector, with 36.1 million shares changing hands during the session. The communication and power sectors followed, with volumes of 35.7m and 15m shares respectively.
Total 74.8m shares of KSE-100 companies changed hands during the session, with a total worth of nearly Rs7.2 billion.
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