Karachi’: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Monday, losing 199.47 points, a negative change of 0.41 percent, closing at 48,386.25 3 points.
A total of 381,855,144 shares were traded during the day whereas the price of shares stood at Rs14.528 billion.
As many as 354 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 104 of them recorded gains and 225 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 25 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were Cnergyico Pk with 74,504,972 shares at Rs 3.80 per share; Pak Refinery with 35,710,774 shares at Rs.18.01 per share and Oil and Gas Dev with 26,010,351 shares at Rs.105.57 per share.
Nestle Pakistan XD witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 91.67 per share price, closing at Rs 7,070.00, whereas the runner-up was Mari Petroleum with an Rs 65.62 rise in its per share price to Rs 1,705.63.