Pakistani stocks staged a big rebound today with the KSE-100 index gaining nearly 4,300 points after equities recovered from last week’s jitters.
The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rose by 4,276 points or 2.85 percent to close at 154,292 points as compared to 150,016 points on the last trading day.
The benchmark index during mid-session rose by 3.11 percent or 4,668 points to as high as 154,684 before easing towards the 154,200 level.
A total of 213.8 million shares were traded during the day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs. 18.9 billion at close.
As many as 568 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 339 of them recorded gains and 79 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 150 companies remained unchanged.
Top Volumes
| SCRIP | PRICE | HIGH | LOW | CHANGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOP | 27.55 | 27.88 | 25.6 | 1.76 | 54,733,142 |
| WASLR | 0.64 | 1.08 | 0.02 | 0.56 | 31,549,329 |
| KEL | 7.73 | 7.77 | 7.41 | 0.32 | 26,433,608 |
| UNITY | 8.57 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 0.14 | 16,966,997 |
| HASCOL | 18.0 | 18.2 | 17.33 | 0.71 | 13,452,418 |
| WTL | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.2 | 0.06 | 12,557,340 |
| PACE | 10.18 | 10.18 | 9.25 | 1.0 | 11,199,338 |
