ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) KSE-1000 index gained 62.98 points, positive change of 0.15 percent closing at 41,856.85 points against 41,793.87 points previous day.

Total of 289,274,485 shares were traded during day as compared to 272,742,393 shares previous day, whereas price of shares stood at Rs 10.268 billion against Rs 6.770 billion on last trading day.

As many as 340 companies transacted their shares in stock market, 147 of them recorded gains and 169 sustained losses whereas share price of 24 companies remained unchanged.

Three top-trading companies were Hascol Petrol with 42,448,000 shares at Rs 6.25 per share, Telecard Limited with 25,819,000 shares at Rs 8.00 per share and Oil and Gas Dev XD with 18,456,595 shares at Rs 93.20 per share.

Reliance Cotton witnessed maximum increase of Rs 48.24 per share price, closing at Rs 691.50 whereas runner-up was Ismail Ind with Rs 34.50 rise in its per share price to Rs 494.60.

Rafhan Maize witnessed maximum decrease of Rs 249.00 per share closing at Rs 8,000 followed by Pak Services with Rs 140.69 decline to close at Rs 1,735.19.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 14 2023

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