ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE 100-index witnessed bullish trend on Monday, gaining 1,704.79 points, a positive change of 1.16 percent, closing at 148,196.42 points against 146,491.63 points on last trading day. A total of 610,314,508 shares were traded during the day as compared to 473,601,407 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs39.173 billion against Rs32.882 billion on the last trading day. As many as 487 companies transacted their shares in the stock market. 283 of them recorded gains and 175 sustained losses, whereas the shares prices of 29 companies remained unchanged. The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 40,719,854 shares at Rs1.40 per share, Pervez Ahmed Company with 29,750,970 shares at Rs2.82 per share and Al-Shaheer Corporation with 26,351,931 shares at Rs12.24 per share.
Hoechst Pakistan Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs323.88 per share price, closing at Rs3,830.59, whereas the runner-up was PIA Holding Company Limited with Rs186.13 rise in its per share price to Rs28,001.10.
Nestle Pakistan Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs259.15 per share, closing at Rs8,394.94, followed by Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited with Rs100.00 decline in its share price to close at Rs31,900.00.