The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index closed at an all-time high today after crossing 80,000 for the third time in a little over two weeks.
The KSE-100 index surged by 525 points or 0.65 percent to 80,737 around 2:40 PM today. An encouraging buying despite the PSX building catching fire in the first three hours of trade helped the index enter the 80,000 territory once again.
The KSE-100 index closed at 80,566, up 353 points or 0.44 percent. This is the highest-ever closing recorded by the benchmark index.
The highest participation was witnessed in Hum Network Limited (PSX: HUMNL) with over 20.66 million shares traded, followed by National Bank of Pakistan (PSX: NBP) and The Bank of Punjab (PSX: BOP). The scrips had 19.5 million shares and 17.5 million shares traded, respectively.
| SCRIP | PRICE | HIGH | LOW | CHANGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMNL | 11.37 | 11.65 | 10.91 | 0.5 | 20,667,563 |
| NBP | 51.05 | 51.37 | 46.91 | 4.01 | 19,555,510 |
| BOP | 5.78 | 5.85 | 5.59 | 0.09 | 17,587,329 |
| PIAHCLA | 21.79 | 21.79 | 19.65 | 1.89 | 13,861,550 |
| PRL | 25.46 | 25.5 | 24.34 | 0.99 | 12,790,152 |
| AKBL | 31.0 | 31.25 | 28.52 | 1.86 | 8,792,460 |
| MLCF | 38.7 | 39.3 | 37.26 | 1.05 | 6,903,610 |
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