Karachi: 100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend, gaining 149.19 points, positive change of 0.29 percent, closing at 51,177.13 points against 51,027.94 points previous day.

Total of 427,393,948 shares valuing Rs 15.509 billion were traded during day as compared to 321,403,857 shares valuing Rs 11.091 billion previous day. As many as 351 companies transacted their shares in stock market, 175 of them recorded gains and 160 sustained losses whereas share price of 16 companies remained unchanged.

Three top-trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 80,693,963 shares at Rs 1.38 per share, Bank of Punjab with 22,478,548 shares at Rs 4.36 per share and Fauji Cement with 21,267,000 shares at Rs 13.59 per share.

Nestle Pakistan witnessed maximum increase of Rs 100 per share price, closing at Rs 7,300 whereas runner-up was Sanofi-Aventis with Rs 60.67 rise in its per share price to Rs 869.61.

Unilever Foods witnessed maximum decrease of Rs 1,000 per share closing at Rs 21,000 followed by Bhanero Tex XD with Rs 34 decline to close at Rs 925.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 26 2023

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