PSX gains 447.24 points to close at 31,928.55 points

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ISLAMABAD, Sep 16 (APP): The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday noted bullish trend as KSE 100 index gained 447.24 points (1.42 percent) to close at 31,928.55 points.

A total of 104,605,660 shares were traded compared to the trade of 103,093,650 shares the previous day, whereas the value of shares traded during the day stood at Rs 4.980 billion compared to Rs 4.668 billion last day.

Out of 345 companies, share prices of 184 companies recorded increase while 144 companies registered decrease whereas 17 companies remained stable in today’s trading.

The three top traded companies were D.G.K. Cement with a volume of 6,719,000 and price per share of Rs 47.13, Oil & Gas Dev with a volume of 6,712,100 and price per share of Rs 125.79 and Hascol Petrol with a volume of 5,695,500 and price per share of Rs 24.37.

The top advancer was Nestle Pakistan XD with the increase of Rs 140 per share, closing at Rs 5890 while Colgate Palm XD was runner up with the increase of Rs 39.27 per share, closing at Rs 2134

The top decliners were Rafhan Maize XD with the decrease of Rs 289 per share, closing at Rs 5711 and Murree Brewery with the decrease of Rs 27.85 per share closing at Rs 712.

VNS Islamabad