PSX gains 591.78 points to close at 31,546.61points

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ISLAMABAD, Sep 12 (APP): The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday noted bullish trend as KSE 100 index gained 591.78 points (1.91 percent) to close at 31,546.61 points.

A total of 185,842,130 shares were traded compared to the trade of 99,661,930 shares the previous day, whereas the value of shares traded during the day stood at Rs 8.120  billion compared to Rs 4.943  billion last day.

Out of 360 companies, share prices of 262 companies recorded increase while 79 companies registered decrease whereas 19 companies remained stable in today’s trading.

The three top traded companies were World Call Telecom with a volume of 18,328,500 and price per share of Rs .98, K-Electric Ltd with a volume of 11,772,000 and price per share of Rs 3.42 and Maple Leaf with a volume of 11,058,000 and price per share of Rs 16.87.

The top advancer was Nestle Pakistan XD with the increase of Rs 130.36 per share, closing at Rs 5750 while Colgate Palm XD was runner up with the increase of Rs 99.74per share, closing at Rs 2094.73

The top decliners were Sapphire Fiber with the decrease of Rs 40.13 per share, closing at Rs 762.62 and Murree Brewery with the decrease of Rs 35.99 per share closing at Rs 733.

Source: VNS Islamabad