After closing red for four consecutive sessions, losing more than 1100 points, the KSE – 100 index today closed the session in green. Index was range bound during the day moving within 223.24 points range. Closing on 40813 points level, KSE – 100 gained +150 points from previous close. Most support to the market came as a result of buying from Insurance and Companies of collective USD 3.6 million during the day.
Commercial Banks, Oil & Gas Exploration Cos., and Fertilizer stocks lent most support to today’s session, adding more than 140 points.
ENGRO (+1.28%) recovered slightly after remaining under pressure during the last two sessions due to deletion from MSCI’s Pakistan index (standard) and being added to small cap index.
Sector-wise all share index turnover was led by Textile Composite (18.51million), Technology & Communication (11 million), and Oil & Gas Marketing Companies (10.473 million) stocks, and with Engineering (4.24 million) and Fertilizer (3.43 million) stocks trailing at the bottom.
KSE-100 Index at the day end moved a total of +150.52 points up by 0.37%, closing in at 40813.31 points. Index Volume was at 51.544 million shares, value of shares traded was PKR 1.979 billion with index high-low range of 40886.03 – 40662.79.
The index movement was limited within the 223.24 points range.
46 companies closed up, whereas 38 were down at the day end.
Gainers of the Day |
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Symbol |
Name |
Net Change |
COLG |
Colgate – Palmolive Pak |
109 |
PAKT |
Pak Tobacco |
62 |
POL |
Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. |
9.47 |
MUREB |
Murree Brewery |
6.49 |
CPPL |
Cherat Packaging Pak Ltd. |
4.59 |
Losers of the Day |
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Symbol |
Name |
Net Change |
IGIIL |
IGI Life Insurance |
-14.27 |
INDU |
Indus Motor Company Ltd. |
-13.83 |
MARI |
Mari Petroleum |
-10.4 |
APL |
Attock Petroleum Ltd. |
-8.75 |
SHEL |
Shell Pakistan |
-6.59 |
Volume Leaders |
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Symbol |
Name |
Volume |
TRG |
TRG Pakistan |
7,676,500 |
KEL |
K-Electric |
5,772,500 |
SNGP |
Sui North Gas Pipelines Ltd. |
5,607,200 |
SSGC |
Sui Southern Gas Co. Ltd. |
4,314,000 |
MLCF |
Maple Leaf Cement Company Ltd. |
3,067,800 |
NCL |
Nishat Chunain Ltd. |
2,745,000 |
ENGRO |
Engro Corp |
2,739,800 |
BAFL |
Bank Alfalah Ltd. |
2,003,000 |
HUMNL |
Hum Network Ltd. |
1,910,000 |
BOP |
Bank of Punjab |
1,661,500 |