July 10, 2023 (MLN): KSE100 Index closed Monday's trading session at 44,585.12 showing an increase of 377.81 points.
The index remained positive throughout the session touching an intraday high of 44,601.78.
It is worth noting that this comes after KSE-100 recorded the second-highest weekly return ever in the last week, registering an increase of 6.6% WoW or 2,755 pts, while in USD terms it gained of 9.75%.
Total Volume of the KSE100 Index was 183.246 million shares.
Of the 100 index companies 69 closed up, 21 closed down, 3 were unchanged while 7 remained untraded.
KSE100 index was supported by Commercial Banks with 122.08, Food & Personal Care Products with 32.21, Refinery with 29.06, Engineering with 28.04 and Oil & Gas Marketing Companies with 24.21 points.
Companies adding points to the index were BAFL with 31.51, MCB with 25.49, HMB with 24.34, UBL with 23.91 and DAWH with 19.28 points.
KSE100 Index was let down by Fertilizer with 20.01, Oil & Gas Exploration Companies with 3.63, Modarabas with 2.33, Power Generation & Distribution with 2.0 and Insurance with 0.96 points.
Companies dragging the index lower were HBL with 18.32, ENGRO with 17.62, OGDC with 9.59, PPL with 5.06 and FFC with 3.73 points.
In the broader market, the All-Share index closed at 29,821.16 with a net gain of 273.54 points.
Total market volume was 440.221 million shares compared to 247.993 from the previous session while traded value being recorded at 12.15 billion showing an increase of Rs.3.64 billion.
There was 175,898 trades reported in 341 companies with 238 closing up, 81 closing down and 22 remaining unchanged.
