ISLAMABAD - The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Monday, gaining 722.47 points, a positive change of 1.79 percent, closing at 41,193.63 against 40,471.16 points the previous day. A total of 176,726,529 shares were traded during the day as compared to 105,053,350 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs8.794 billion against Rs4.181 billion on the last trading day. As many as 332 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 198 of them recorded gains and 107 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 27 companies remained unchanged. The three top-trading companies were Pak Petroleum with 21,833,048 shares at Rs80.15 per share, Sui North Gas with 13,436,966 shares at Rs43.47 per share, and Oil and Gas Dev with 10,552,549 shares at Rs92.38 per share. Rafhan Maize witnessed a maximum increase of Rs299.00 per share price, closing at Rs8,299.00, whereas the runner-up was Sapphire Tex with a Rs76.50 rise in its per share price to Rs1,096.50. Pakistan in danger from internal, not external threats
The Nation, 07 Feb, 2023