KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange witnessed slight fall on Tuesday as KSE 100-share index dropped just 11.14 points to close at 30402.09 points on second business day of the week.
Higher trades were seen in second and third tier stocks on reports for dismal current account deficit, deteriorating geo-political situation, dismal fertilizer sales data.
KSE-All Share index shed 15.24 points or 0.07 percent to close the day at 22281.81 points, KSE-30 index dropped 1.56 points or 0.01 percent to finish the trading at 21181.26 points while KMI-30 index lost 80.25 points or 0.16 percent to close the session at 49519.88 points.
Market traded 148.086 million shares after opening at 193.700 million shares and the value of traded shares was reduced to Rs 7.077 billion from Rs 10.204 billion.
Trading took place in 339 companies where Bata (Pak) and Colgate Palmolive remained the volume leaders of the day. Pak Tobacco and Shezan Inter remained the biggest price losers of the day.
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