Pakistan equities witnessed a big crash on Monday after the weekend’s negative prospects about the regional situation created panic among investors.
The KSE-100 Index fell by 4,864 points (-3.21 percent), closing the session at 146,842 points.
During the earlier hours of trade, the main bourse briefly fell by 7,050 points (-4.6 percent) to as low as 144,656.
A total of 308 million shares were traded during the day. The price of shares stood at Rs. 26 billion.
As many as 567 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 51 of them recorded gains and 379 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 137 companies remained unchanged.
K-Electric (KEL) led the volumes chart, recording over 56 million shares traded.
| SCRIP | PRICE | HIGH | LOW | CHANGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEL | 6.62 | 6.88 | 6.25 | -0.31 | 56,526,172 |
| BOP | 24.26 | 25.74 | 23.32 | -1.51 | 35,921,883 |
| DSL | 5.42 | 5.57 | 5.01 | 0.01 | 31,661,287 |
| WTL | 1.16 | 1.19 | 1.13 | -0.03 | 26,937,931 |
| FNEL | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.1 | -0.04 | 19,802,685 |
| UNITY | 7.89 | 8.16 | 7.8 | -0.34 | 13,639,874 |
| NBP | 157.25 | 168.5 | 152.4 | -11.31 | 13,610,834 |
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