Karachi: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) KSE-100 index witnessed bullish trend, gaining 364.33 points with positive change of 0.89 percent, closing at 41,463.91 against 41,099.58 points on previous day.

Total of 169,105,056 shares were traded during day as compared to 186,900,702 shares previous day, whereas price of shares stood at Rs 6.248 billion against Rs 5.781 billion on last trading day.

As many as 353 companies transacted their shares in stock market, 178 of them recorded gains and 148 sustained losses whereas share price of 27 companies remained unchanged.

Three top-trading companies were Bank Al-Falah with 14,264,424 shares at Rs 29.46 per share, Maple Leaf with 7,275,458 shares at Rs 27.61 per share and Pak Refinery with 6,884,986 shares at Rs 13.91 per share. Nestle Pakistan XD witnessed maximum increase of Rs 133.98 per share price, closing at Rs 5333.98, whereas runner-up was Sapphire Fiber with Rs 72.78 rise in its per share price to Rs 1043.29.

Premium Tex witnessed maximum decrease of Rs 31.46 per share closing at Rs 443.53 followed by Towellers Ltd. with Rs 16.75 decline to close at Rs 206.66.

Published in The Daily National Courier, April, 28 2023

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