ISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Monday, losing 226.15 points, with a negative change of 0.47 percent, closing at 48, 012.52 points against 48, 238.67 points on the last working day.
A total of 839, 186, 587 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 750, 561, 177 shares the previous day whereas the price of shares stood at Rs15.878 billion against Rs20.669 billion the previous day.
As many as 411 companies transacted shares in the stock market, 163 of them recorded gain and 233 sustained losses whereas the share price of 15 companies remained unchanged.
The three top traded companies were Silk Bank Ltd. with a volume of 235, 101, 000 shares and price per share of Rs1.83, Hum Network with a volume of 60, 357, 000 and price per share of Rs9.12 and WorldCall Telecom with volume of 58, 453, 500 and price per share of Rs4.12.
Sanofi-Aventis witnessed maximum increase of Rs63.98 per share, closing at Rs989.98 whereas Bhanero Tex was runner up, share prices of which increased by Rs59, closing at Rs1059.
Unilever Foods recorded a maximum decrease of Rs840 per share, closing at Rs15710 followed by Colgate Palm, the share prices of which decreased by Rs98 per share, closing at Rs2700.