The KSE-100 Index closed lower on Tuesday, shedding 993.91 points, or 0.57%, to settle at 172,642.16, as broad-based selling pressure kept the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in negative territory.
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The benchmark opened amid volatility and traded between an intraday high of 173,736.19 and a low of 171,490.63. It had closed at 173,636.07 in the previous session.
Market breadth remained decisively negative, with 359 stocks declining against 101 advancing, while 109 remained unchanged out of a total of 569 traded securities.
Trading activity was robust during the session, with 722.62 million shares changing hands across the exchange. The total traded value stood at Rs27.94 billion, generated through 407,746 trades.
| Market Summary Main Board | |||||
| SCRIP | PRICE | HIGH | LOW | CHANGE | VOLUME |
| CNERGY | 13.32 | 13.56 | 12.95 | 0.3 | 103,841,066 |
| MDTL | 6.92 | 8.66 | 6.76 | -0.74 | 103,045,158 |
| PRL | 91.16 | 93.5 | 85.15 | 2.32 | 41,087,972 |
| WTL | 1.13 | 1.14 | 1.11 | 0.01 | 36,597,198 |
| WAVESAPPR | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.3 | -0.02 | 22,944,596 |
| ASL | 17.33 | 17.68 | 15.45 | 1.25 | 22,886,294 |
| FCSC | 5.29 | 5.9 | 5.19 | -0.02 | 16,778,630 |
Cnergyico PK Limited (CNERGY) led the volume chart, with 103.84 million shares changing hands. The stock gained Rs0.30 to close at Rs13.32, after moving between Rs12.95 and Rs13.56.
MDTL followed closely with 103.05 million shares traded. The stock declined Rs0.74 to close at Rs6.92, after hitting an intraday high of Rs8.66 and a low of Rs6.76.
Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) was another actively traded counter, with 41.09 million shares changing hands. The stock gained Rs2.32 to close at Rs91.16, after trading in a wide range of Rs85.15 to Rs93.50.
WorldCall Telecom Limited (WTL) rose Rs0.01 to Rs1.13 on volume of 36.60 million shares, while Waves Singer Pakistan (WAVESAPPR) declined Rs0.02 to Rs0.39 with 22.94 million shares traded.
Al Shaheer Corporation (ASL) gained Rs1.25 to close at Rs17.33, with 22.89 million shares changing hands.
Earlier to this, PSX closed higher with the benchmark KSE-100 Index advancing 399.14 points, or 0.23%, to 175,328.82, compared with the previous close of 174,929.68.
The index remained volatile during the session, touching an intraday high of 175,418.29 and a low of 174,515.38, reflecting continued two-way trading across the market.
