KARACHI: The stocks started the last trading day with positive note and gained 149 points to reach 33916.75 points level in early trading on Friday
On Thursday, the PSX increased by 0.36 percent, or 121.49 points to close at 33,767.59 points. Turnover increased one million shares to 188.78 million shares, while trading value rose to Rs9.29billion. The market capital remained flat at Rs6.99 trillion. Of a total of 335 companies, 205 closed up, 114 ended down, and 16 remained unchanged. Highest increase was recorded in shares of Unilever Foods XD by Rs75 to Rs5,325/share followed by Siemens Pak that rose Rs33.85 to Rs833.85/share. Major decrease was recorded in shares of Philip Morris Pak by Rs85.50 to Rs1,624.50/share followed by Pak Tobacco XD that fell by Rs59.40 to Rs1,129.35/share. TRG Pak Ltd remained the volume leader with 33.34 million shares with a decline of 67 paisas to Rs33.74/share.