The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday closed the week
on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 295 points
to close at 39,080.
The market showed some negativity in
the first few minutes to hit a day's low of 38,432 points but rebounded
immediately to continue on an upward trajectory for most of the session.
It hit a day's high of 39,339 points.
In all, more than
149.5 million shares worth Rs7.3 billion changed hands during the
session. A total of 353 companies' shares were traded, out of which 158
advances, 175 declined, whereas 20 remained unchanged.
The communication sector dominated trading with 29.8m
shares traded, while oil and gas marketing and power generation and
distribution sectors followed with 20.5m and 12.9m shares traded
respectively.
Volumes were led by:
WorldCall Telecom: 16.5m shares traded [+4.33pc]
TRG Pak Ltd: 10.7m shares traded [-4.78pc]
Sui South Gas: 10.6m shares traded [-4.76pc]
Sui North GasXD: 9.1m shares traded [-1.95pc]
Pak Elektron: 7.6m shares traded [-4.59pc]
