On the first business day of the week, the KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned bullish, gaining 4,411.27 more points, a positive change of 4.03 percent, closing at 113,924.42 points as compared to 109,513.15 points on the last trading day.
A total of 857,834,976 shares were traded during the day as compared to 754,917,969 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 50.549 billion against Rs.39.424 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 463 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 361 of them recorded gains and 62 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 40 companies remained unchanged.
Last week, the KSE-100 index of the PSX continued with bearish trend on Thursday, losing 4,795.32 points, a negative change of 4.32 percent before closing at 106,274.98 points as compared to 111,070.29 points on the last trading day.
A total of 1,167,361,955 shares were traded during the day as compared to 1,111,921,053 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 56.797 billion against Rs.60.242 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 472 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 66 of them recorded gains and 371 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 35 companies remained unchanged.
