The markets ended the session in red for the second consecutive day today as the session ended in losses again after they closed negative in Friday’s session. The index moved down by 0.88 percent from Friday’s close.
In corporate alerts today, Engro Polymer & Chemicals reported an increase of 17 percent increase in net Revenue, and a whopping 2,666 percent increase in Profit for the period. More in corporate alerts, Linde, Nestle, PSO, Hubc and Engro announced their board meeting and book closing periods for their respective periods.
Volumes were led by Commercial Banks, Technology & Communications, Engineering, and Chemical stocks.
KSE-100 lost a total of 411.71 points during the day, closing on 46465.66 points. Index touched an intraday high of 46929.20 points whereas fell to a low of 46336.66 points.
Total companies traded in the session amounted to 394 against the yesterday’s last session’s tally of 407 companies. 100 closed positive and 281 closed negative, whereas 13 were unchanged.
Top 5 Gainers |
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Symbol |
Name |
Points Change |
PMPK |
Phillip Morris Pakistan |
125.7 |
SAPL |
Sanofi Aventis Pakistan Ltd. |
97.92 |
SAPT |
Sapphire Textiles |
84.92 |
COLG |
Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan |
80.72 |
MUREB |
Murree Brewery Co. |
32.99 |
Top 5 Losers |
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Symbol |
Name |
Points Change |
WYETH |
Wyeth Pakistan |
-99.87 |
BATA |
Bata Pakistan |
-50 |
HINO |
Hino Pak Motors |
-30.73 |
NRL |
National Refinery Ltd. |
-25.43 |
JLICL |
Jubilee Life Insurance Corporation Ltd. |
-23.5 |
Index Highlights |
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Previous |
Current |
Net Change |
Index Turnover |
346,236,510 |
241,027,460 |
-105.2 million |
Traded Value |
13,423,006,627 |
10,202,726,039 |
-3.20 billion |
Market Capitalization |
9,706,922,820,335 |
9,631,234,905,588 |
-75.68 billion |
Top Ten Volume |
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Symbol |
Name |
Volume |
BOP |
Bank of Punjab |
17,026,000 |
KEL |
K-Electric |
14,819,500 |
SMBL |
Summit Bank Ltd. |
14,813,500 |
TRG |
TRG Pakistan Hum Network Limited |
13,925,000 |
BYCO |
Byco Petroleum Pakistan |
12,249,000 |
ANL |
Azgard Nine Limited |
11,758,500 |
EPCL |
Engro Polymer & Chemicals Ltd. |
11,399,000 |
ASL |
Aisha Steel Limited |
10,556,500 |
BAFL |
Bank Al-Falah Ltd. |
8,129,000 |
PAEL |
Pak Elektron Ltd. |
6,558,800 |