KARACHI: Benchmark KSE-100 closed in the green (42,771) with an augmentation of 27 points on week’s third trading day.
Political uncertainty is to blame particularly the indecisive rendezvous between the prime minister and the opposition leader apropos selection of a caretaker prime minister before the forthcoming general elections.
Rs. 5.5b worth of 131.33m shares changed hands today. Value of the shares of 163 companies augmented, 162 plummeted while 12 remained stagnant.
Today’s top five traders were: Faysal Bank Ltd., 18.3m shares (-0.08pc); Pakistan Elektron Ltd., 6.9m shares (-0.75pc); Fauji Cement Co Ltd., 6.9m shares (-0.43pc); Bank Of Punjab, 5.9m shares (+2.06pc); Sui Northern Gas Pipe Line Ltd., 5.5m shares (2.12pc).