PSX sheds 1010 point to closes at 35,959 points

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ISLAMABAD, MAY 29 (APP): The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday witnessed bullish trend as KSE 100 index jumped by 1010.15 points (2.89 percent) to close at 35,959.43 points.

A total of 182,477,040 shares were traded, whereas the value of shares traded during the day stood at Rs7.642 billion.

Out of 334 companies, share prices of 263 companies recorded increase while 58 companies registered decrease whereas 13 companies remained stable in today’s trading.

However, the three top traded companies were Bank of Punjab XD with a volume of 17,454,500 and price per share of Rs 11.21, Fauji Cement with a volume of 11,837,500 and price per share of Rs 17.60 and Unity Foods Ltd with a volume of 9,886,000 and price per share of Rs 11.44.

Whereas the top advancer was Bata (Pak) with the increase of Rs 63.99 per share, closing at Rs 1364 while Mari Petroleum was runner up with the increase of Rs 53.73 per share, closing at Rs 1129.59.

Moreover, the top decliners were Nestle Pakistan with the decrease of Rs 339.90 per share, closing at Rs 7000.10 and Unilever Foods with the decrease of Rs 255 per share closing at Rs 5725.

VNS, Islamabad