The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) 100 Index witnessed a bearish trend on Friday, falling 1,949.56 points, a negative change of 1.57 percent, to close at 122,143.57 points compared to 124,093.12 points on the previous trading day.
Brokerage firm Topline Securities said that the KSE 100 Index traded in the negative zone during the trading session largely in line with the international and regional trend, due to the Israeli attack on Iran.
The highest negative contribution to the index came from ENGROH, FFC, LUCK, BAHL, MEBL, SYS and PPL, as they contributed a combined – 863 points to the index.
A total of 968,346,528 shares were traded during the day compared to 1,024,633,864 shares on the previous trading day while the share price remained at Rs. 50.539 billion compared to Rs 29.558 billion on the last trading day.
Shares of 469 companies were traded in the stock market, of which 130 increased and 304 decreased in share prices, while 35 companies remained unchanged in share prices.
