KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Thursday surged by 1.23 per cent or 394.92 points to take the tally to 32478.98 points at closing.
The stocks recorded the highest trading level of 32504.27 points and lowest level of 32084.06 points, with the volume of 151.18 million shares, having over Rs9.42 billion value. As many as 333 companies were active; of which 216 advanced, 104 declined and 13 remained unchanged.
Cement was the top traded sector with 20,017,500 volume, while technology & communication remained second with 13,313,000 volume.
The three top traded companies were TRG Pak Ltd with a volume of 8,544,500and price per share of 27.62 (0.62), Jahangir Siddiqui and Company Ltd with a volume 6,245,500 of price per share of 19.02 (1.00), and Dewan Cement with a volume 5,756,500 of price per share of 13.13 (0.16).
The top three gainers were Bata (Pak) with price per share 3290 (124.89), Hinopak Motor with price per share of 1095.75 (52.17) and Mari Petroleum price per share of 670.57 (31.93).
The top three losers were Wyeth Pak Ltd with price per share of 2100 (-110), Murree Brewery with price per share of 755.26 (-39.74) and Exide (PAK) per share of 782 (-11).
Earlier, the stocks opened keeping bullish trend as KSE-100 index added another 295.13 points to take the tally to 32379.19 points level in early trading. Till midday the PSX continued the upward rally and added 319.04 points to reach 32403.10 points level.
On Wednesday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish momentum whole the day but in last session, reached above 32,000 level with a gain of 123 points to close in green at 32,084 level. The market volume however remained almost static to the previous trading session, while Pak Elektron was the volume leader of the day with a trade of 8.38 million, while Dewan cement and Dewan Salaman Fibre were second and third volume leaders with a respective trade of 8 million and 7.68 million shares.
