Karachi:The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on first day of on Monday took a brilliant pace as 100 index crossed its 51,000 limit.
The market was closed at 51, 070 after an uptick of 338 points.
A total of 364,070,705 shares valuing Rs.15.930 billion were traded during the day as compared to 430,052,557 shares valuing Rs.14.611 billion the previous day.
As many as 352 companies shares were transacted today. Out of which prices of 170 companies increased while 149 companies shares decreased. Whereas the share price of 31 companies remained unchanged
The three top-trading companies were Oil and Gas Dev.XD with 27,498,695 shares at Rs 102.45 per share, Pak PetroleumXD with 24,259,049 shares at Rs.85.22 per share and Fauji Foods Ltd with 19,278,577 shares at Rs6.73 per share.
Rafhan Maize witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 107.50 per share price, closing at Rs 8,100.00, whereas the runner-up was Sanofi-Aventis with a Rs 52.50 rise in its per share price to Rs752.50.
Philip Morris Pak witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs.39.60 per share closing at Rs 531.40, followed by Faisal Spinning XD with a Rs 26.62 decline to close at Rs 328.38.
The highest level of the market was 51,419 and the lowest level remained 50, 924.
