Pakistani stocks contracted today with the KSE-100 index losing over 5,400 points after investors panicked over rising uncertainty regarding the ongoing US-Iran peace negotiations.
The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) declined by 5,645 points or 3.6 percent to touch 152,668 points as compared to 158,313 points on the last trading day.
The benchmark index closed at 152,907, having lost 5,405 points (-3.4 percent).
A total of 313 million shares were traded during the day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs. 23.2 billion at close.
As many as 567 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 71 of them recorded gains and 356 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 140 companies remained unchanged.
| SCRIP | PRICE | HIGH | LOW | CHANGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEL | 7.06 | 7.79 | 6.9 | -0.74 | 96,740,260 |
| FNEL | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.17 | -0.05 | 33,024,724 |
| UNITY | 8.26 | 8.65 | 8.21 | -0.31 | 25,118,960 |
| WTL | 1.19 | 1.27 | 1.18 | -0.07 | 23,208,086 |
| BOP | 25.7 | 26.6 | 25.6 | -0.94 | 17,078,881 |
| FCCL | 40.55 | 41.69 | 40.3 | -1.43 | 16,085,730 |
| CNERGY | 6.82 | 7.05 | 6.79 | -0.26 | 15,293,118 |