Pakistan equities witnessed a sharp sell-off amid intense selling pressure on Friday. The KSE-100 Index tumbled by 3,702 points (-1.97 percent), closing the session at 184,129 points.
During mid-session trade, the main bourse plunged by 4,489 points to as low as 183,547 before recovering a bit to the 184,000 level.
Top Volumes
Total volumes reached 798 million shares and turnover valued at Rs. 48.36 billion. K-Electric (KEL) dominated the volumes chart, leading the market with over 517 million shares traded.
| SCRIP | PRICE | HIGH | LOW | CHANGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEL | 8.94 | 9.16 | 8.36 | 0.63 | 517,815,082 |
| NBP | 263.48 | 286.0 | 257.78 | -22.94 | 51,241,717 |
| FNEL | 1.63 | 1.76 | 1.61 | -0.09 | 50,264,390 |
| BOP | 40.09 | 41.6 | 38.8 | -0.81 | 42,620,066 |
| WTL | 1.64 | 1.72 | 1.62 | -0.04 | 41,090,362 |
| PIBTL | 19.36 | 20.75 | 19.15 | -1.32 | 39,245,432 |
| HASCOL | 24.54 | 25.31 | 23.81 | 0.04 | 35,483,176 |
564 companies transacted their shares in the stock market today, with 113 of them recording gains and 323 sustaining losses, whereas the share price of 128 companies remained unchanged.
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