Closing Bell: Yet another good day at PSX

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MG News | August 21, 2019 at 05:36 PM GMT+05:00

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Aug 21, 2019 (MLN): Taking an inspiration from the yesterday’s close, the stock market on Wednesday continued its upward journey and gained 553 points to close at 30,972 level.

As pointed out earlier, the much-warranted meeting that took place yesterday between members of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) fueled the local investors’ sentiments.

The Index remained positive throughout the session touching an intraday high of 31,103.07

Of the 91 traded companies in the KSE100 Index 70 closed up 16 closed down, while 5 remained unchanged. Total volume traded for the index was 106.22 million shares.

Sectors propping up the index were Commercial Banks with 121 points, Fertilizer with 92 points, Power Generation & Distribution with 85 points, Cement with 77 points and Oil & Gas Exploration Companies with 69 points.

The most points added to the index was by HUBC which contributed 69 points followed by ENGRO with 64 points, UBL with 55 points, LUCK with 41 points and HBL with 36 points.

All Share Volume decreased by 8.01 Million to 134.56 Million Shares. Market Cap increased by Rs.83.24 Billion.

Total companies traded were 347 compared to 373 from the previous session. Of the scrips traded 248 closed up, 76 closed down while 23 remained unchanged.

Total trades increased by 969 to 57,864.

Value Traded decreased by 0.23 Billion to Rs.5.37 Billion

Company Volume

Top Ten by Volume

TRG Pakistan 11,970,000
Maple Leaf Cement Factory 10,684,000
The Bank of Punjab 6,136,500
International Steels 5,883,500
K-Electric 4,977,500
Pak Elektron 4,170,000
Lotte Chemical Pakistan 4,014,000
Unity Foods 3,944,000
Fauji Foods 3,573,000
Oil & Gas Development Company 3,286,000

 

Sector Volume

Top Sector by Volume

Cement 21,141,000
Commercial Banks 19,090,700
Technology & Communication 15,451,500
Engineering 11,644,100
Chemical 9,272,050
Oil & Gas Marketing Companies 8,607,400
Power Generation & Distribution 6,849,000
Oil & Gas Exploration Companies 6,709,240
Food & Personal Care Products 4,405,700
Cable & Electrical Goods 4,259,500

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