KARACHI: The stocks took a good start on Tuesday as benchmark 100-inded added 74.28 points to reach 33834.25 points level in early trading.
On Monday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE-100 index recorded a drop of 0.02% or 7.15 points to end at 33,759.97. Trade volumes fell to 156 million shares compared with Friday’s tally of 193 million shares. Shares of 349 companies were traded. At the end of the day, 150 stocks closed higher, 181 declined while 18 remained unchanged. The value of shares traded during the day was Rs7.3 billion. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines was the volume leader with 12.3 million shares, gaining Rs1.37 to finish at Rs28.77. It was followed by TRG Pakistan with 9.1 million shares, gaining Rs0.36 to close at Rs34.13 and Pak International Bulk Terminal with 9.1 million shares, gaining Rs0.50 to close at Rs28.06.
