Pakistani stocks staged a big rebound today with the KSE-100 index gaining over 5,000 points after equities revived following news of Pakistan arranging another round of peace talks between United States and Iran.
The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rose by 5,043 points or 3.14 percent to close at 165,634 points as compared to 160,591 points on the last trading day.
A total of 358 million shares were traded during the day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs. 28.79 billion at close.
As many as 565 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 389 of them recorded gains and 64 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 112 companies remained unchanged.
Top Volumes
| SCRIP | PRICE | HIGH | LOW | CHANGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTL | 1.54 | 1.56 | 1.5 | 0.07 | 100,187,702 |
| BOP | 31.66 | 31.67 | 29.6 | 2.87 | 87,034,026 |
| FNEL | 1.33 | 1.45 | 1.32 | 0.02 | 62,630,235 |
| TSBL | 1.92 | 2.06 | 1.75 | 0.2 | 55,133,506 |
| KEL | 7.59 | 7.64 | 7.4 | 0.33 | 30,284,783 |
| SSGC | 25.95 | 26.4 | 25.76 | 0.8 | 25,610,393 |
| PIBTL | 16.49 | 16.62 | 15.7 | 1.14 | 24,026,831 |
