ISLAMABAD, Jun 19 (APP): The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a downward trend during Friday’s session, shedding 2,475.46 points. This represents a 1.36 percent decline, with the index closing at 178,922.76 points, down from the previous session’s close of 181,398.22 points.
Trading volume in the ready market reached 1.050 billion shares with a total turnover of Rs 54.137 billion, a decrease from the 1.242 billion shares and Rs 58.015 billion recorded in the prior session. Consequently, the total market capitalization fell to Rs 19.995 trillion from Rs 20.246 trillion.
Among the 497 active companies in the ready market, 141 stocks saw gains, 329 experienced declines, and 27 remained unchanged.
Sui South Gas led the volume charts with 87.348 million shares traded, followed by Kohinoor Spinning with 80.624 million shares and TPL Corp Limited with 47.045 million shares.
The top performers included PIA Holding Company Limited (B), which rose by Rs 100.00 to settle at Rs 18,000.00, and Pakistan Engineering Company Limited, which climbed Rs 77.44 to close at Rs 851.83.
Conversely, the biggest losers were Service Industries Limited, which dropped by Rs 99.84 to close at Rs 2,204.06, and Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited, which fell by Rs 49.12 to end at Rs 9,556.33.
In the futures market, turnover was reported at 257.107 million shares with a value of Rs 13.916 billion, compared to 277.461 million shares valued at Rs 11.523 billion in the previous session. According to PSX data, out of 310 futures-market companies, 32 posted gains while 278 declined, with no companies remaining unchanged.