The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) 100-index saw a strong trend on Monday, finishing at 103,274.95 points, up 1,917.63 points, or 1.89 percent, from close at 101,357.32 points the previous trading day.
The number of shares traded throughout the day was 1,556,252,523 compared to 915,509,804 shares the day before, and the price of shares was Rs47.097 billion as opposed to Rs35.978 billion on the day before. The stock market saw transactions involving up to 462 entities. The share prices of 38 firms stayed the same, while 339 of them had gains and 85 experienced losses.
Cnergyico PK, with 196,907,321 shares at Rs5.72 per share; WorldCall Telecom, with 213,514,857 shares at Rs1.46 per share; and Fauji Foods Limited, with 68,325,507 shares at Rs13.62 per share, were the top three trading companies. The share price of Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited increased by a maximum of Rs270.00, finishing at Rs19,800.01; Services Industries Limited, the runner-up, saw a price increase of Rs134.94, reaching Rs1,484.30. The share price of Ismail Industries Limited dropped by a maximum of Rs38.28, closing at Rs1,599.82. Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited saw a reduction of Rs20.23, closing at Rs1,214.96.
