PSX gains 334 points to close at 37,130

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Friday witnessed bullish trend as KSE-100 index bounced by 334.60 points (0.91 per cent) to close at 37,130.63 points.

In overallĀ 56,431 trades, a total of 143,894,800 shares were traded, whereas the value of shares traded during the day stood at Rs5.196 billion.

Out of 342 companies, share prices of 239 companies recorded increase while 83 companies registered decrease. Moreover, 20 companies remained stable in todayā€™s trading.

The three top traded companies were Bank of Punjab XD with a volume of 19,950,000 and price per share of Rs12.71, Pak Elektron with a volume of 9,096,000 and price per share of Rs22.16 and Unity Foods Ltd with a volume of 7,468,500 and price per share of Rs12.50.

The top advancer was Pak Tobacco XD with the increase of Rs 122.50 per share, closing at Rs 2572.50 while Philip Morris Pakistan was runner up with the increase of Rs 94.02 per share, closing at Rs 3194.

The top decliners were Bata (Pak) XD with the decrease of Rs 77.42 per share, closing at Rs 1471.08 and Nestle Pakistan XD with the decrease of Rs 29.67 per share closing at Rs 7670.33.

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