PSX Witnesses Bullish Trend, Gains 106 Points

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Islamabad: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) 100-index saw a bullish trend on Tuesday, gaining 106.85 points, a positive change of 0.14 percent, and closing at 77,191.34 points against 77,084.49 points on the last working day.

The day witnessed a total of 600,896,301 shares traded, up from 501,191,841 shares the day before, and the price of shares stood at Rs 17.127 billion, down from Rs 21.057 billion on the previous trading day.

As many as 443 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 206 of them recorded gains and 176 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 61 companies remained unchanged.

The three top trading companies are Kohinoor Spinning with 147,513,801 shares at Rs 6.10 per share, Yousuf Weabing with 53,670,089 shares at Rs 4.16 per share, and Hascol Petrol with 41,384,191 shares at Rs 6.56 per share.

Nestle Pakistan Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 148.69 per share price, closing at Rs 6,997.21, whereas the runner-up was Sapphire Fibres Limited, with a Rs 109.60 rise in its per share price to Rs 1,589.70. Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 165.50 per share, closing at Rs 17,685.00, followed by JDW Sugar Mills Limited with a Rs 25.78 decline to close at Rs 485.47.