The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Tuesday, losing 198.94 points, a negative change of 0.25 percent, closing at 78,628.81 points against 78,827.74 points on the last working day. A total of 313,085,457 shares were traded during the day as compared to 371,087,020 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood
at Rs 17.615 billion against Rs 19.156 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 447 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 152 of them recorded gains and 239 su
stained losses, whereas the share price of 56 companies remained unchanged. Th
e three top trading companies were The Organic Meat
with 24,830,333 shares
at Rs 40.47 per share, The Searle Company
with 24,067,099 shares
at Rs 60.31 per share and Fauji Cement
with 15,819,905 shares
at Rs 21.63 per share. Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 77.44 per share price, closing
at Rs 7,590.00, whereas the runner-up was Pakistan Service
s Limited
with a Rs 38.57 rise in its per share price to Rs 819.02. Nestle Pakistan Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 97.13 per share closing
at Rs 6,852.80, followed by Pakistan Engineering Company Limited
with a Rs 56.40 decline to close
at Rs 603.60.