ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) gained 31.81 points on Tuesday.
A total of 124,856,236 shares were traded during the day whereas the price of shares stood at Rs.4.031 billion.
As many as 311 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 106 of them recorded gains and 179 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 26 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were K-Electric Ltd with 9,921,992 shares at Rs.1.59 per share; Worldcall Telecom with 6,986,096 shares at Rs.1.14 per share and Hascol Petrol with 6,737,000 shares at Rs.5.75 per share.
Nestle Pakistan witnessed a maximum increase of Rs.100.00 per share price, closing at Rs.6,650.00, whereas the runner-up was Bata (Pak) with an Rs.99.57 rise in its per share price to Rs.1,835.57.
Rafhan Maize witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs.149.00 per share closing at Rs.8,350.00; followed by Mehmood Tex with Rs.79.90 decline to close at Rs.985.43.
