Karachi: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) KSE-100 index turned around to bullish trend, gaining 801.79 points, positive change of 2.01 percent, closing at 40,673.06 against 39,871.27 points previous day.

Total of 153,324,094 shares were traded during day as compared to 140,465,951 shares previous day, whereas price of shares stood at Rs 7.441 billion against Rs 5.458 billion on last trading day.

As many as 328 companies transacted their shares in stock market, 217 of them recorded gains and 89 sustained losses, whereas share price of 22 companies remained unchanged.

Three top-trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 13,426,966 shares at Rs 1.14 per share, Pak Petroleum with 10,194,870 shares at Rs 77.53 per share and Pak Refinery with 7,748,506 shares at Rs 13.65 per share.

Pak Services witnessed maximum increase of Rs 155.00 per share price, closing at Rs 2,265.00, whereas runner-up was Colgate Palm with Rs 139.91 rise in its per share price to Rs 2,029.91.

Rafhan Maize witnessed maximum decrease of Rs 674.00 per share closing at Rs 8,325.00 followed by Bhanero Tex with Rs 26.75 decline to close at Rs 1,000.01.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 01 2023

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