KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Wednesday again down by 1.02 per cent to 30774.04 points, losing 318.57 points level till midday.
The stocks recorded the highest trading level of 31092.61 points and lowest level of 30703.74 points, with the volume of 63,467,390 shares, having over Rs3.930 billion value. As many as 243 companies were active; of which 68 advanced, 165 declined and 10 remained unchanged.
The three top traded companies were TRG Pak Ltd with a volume of 7,481,000 and price per share of 27.25 (-0.24), Sui North Gas with a volume 7,432,500 of price per share of 21.60 (0.38), and Byco Petroleum with a volume 4,224,000 of price per share of 16.15 (-0.66).
The top three gainers were Murree Brewery with price per share 869.95 (32.75), Sapphire Fiber with price per share of 698 (32) and Ghandhara Ind price per share of 433.60 (14.70).
The top three losers were Ferozsons (Lab) with price per share of 1115 (-33), Bhanero Tex with price per share of 541.50 (-28.50) and Exide (PAK) per share of 845 (-27).
On Tuesday, the PSX closed in the green after 11 consecutive days of bearish trend, the longest losing streak since the global financial crisis of 2008. The KSE-100 index jumped 464.21 points and ended at 31,092.61. KSE All Share appreciated 331.67 points to settle at 21,735.14. The market volumes dried up to 154.127 million from Monday’s 210.253 million and the total value traded depreciated 21.56% to Rs 8.271 billion.
