KSE opens with negative column but closes flat

BMA Pricnipal gained Re 1.00 closed at Rs 10.00 with a volume of 2,000. Rest of the companies including BO Punjab, NIB Bank, Standard Chart Mod., Bank Al-Falah, KESC, Sui Northern Gas, Pak Refinery and National Food remained unchanged with volumes less than 1,000 shares. Meanwhile, the KSE-30 index also witnessed decline to 4.24 points and closed at at 10,003.99 points and KMI-30 index with no changed closed at 11224.18 points.
Meanwhile, share prices at the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) remained stable where the ISE-10 index close at 2026.79 without witnessing any change.
A total of 27,354 shares were traded in the market, which were up by 10,020 shares when compared with previous day’s trading of 17,334 shares.
Out of 22, the share prices of one company recorded increase, 6 registered decrease while that of 15 cos remained stable. The share prices of UDL Modaraba increased with Rs.0.90 per share, while the share prices of Pak Datacom Limited dipped by Rs.2.00 per share. UBL, OGDCL and Bosicor Pakistan remained the top trading companies in Friday’s trading with 5,747, 4,652 and 4,014 shares respectively.
While, Lahore Stock witnessed mixed trend as LSE-25 index also lost 0.68 points to close at 2824.6 points. Total turn over however witnessed increasing trend as it remained 29,200 shares whereas only two companies gained, seven dipped down while 64 scrips remained unchanged.