The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw a bearish trend on Tuesday, with the 100-Index dropping by 592.49 points, a negative change of 0.83 percent, closing at 71,102.55 points compared to the previous day’s 71,695.03 points.
During the trading day, a total of 560,552,783 shares worth Rs 25.730 billion were traded, lower than the previous day’s 613,314,754 shares worth Rs 26.314 billion.
Among 384 companies trading shares, 113 recorded gains, 244 sustained losses, and the prices of 27 remained unchanged.
The top three trading companies were WorldCall Telecom, Pace (Pak) Limited, and Pak Petroleum.
WorldCall Telecom traded 47,688,025 shares at Rs 1.28 per share, Pace (Pak) Limited traded 27,121,500 shares at Rs 3.29 per share, and Pak Petroleum traded 23,164,949 shares at Rs 114.91 per share.
Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited saw the highest increase in share price, rising by Rs 446.29 to close at Rs 20,000 per share, followed by Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited with a Rs 43.53 increase to Rs 25.40 per share.
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On the other hand, Hallmark Company Limited witnessed the most significant decrease, dropping by Rs 90.02 to close at Rs 1,149.12 per share, followed by Sapphire Fibres Limited with a Rs 69.12 decline to Rs 1,423.33 per share.