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ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (APP):The benchmark KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday witnessed a strong bullish trend, gaining 2,473.55 points, a positive change of 1.56 percent, closing at 160,657.50 points compared to 158,183.95 points on the previous day.
A total of 797.17 million shares valuing Rs35.12 billion were traded in the ready market compared to 757.24 million shares worth Rs33.41 billion a day earlier. The market capitalization increased to Rs18.29 trillion from Rs18.07 trillion previously.
Out of 477 companies active in the session, 285 closed higher, 142 declined, and 50 remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were Bank Makramah with 112.16 million shares at Rs5.59, followed by Dost Steels Ltd. with 48.73 million shares at Rs8.17, and F. Nat. Equities with 40.35 million shares at Rs19.63 per share.
The top gainers were Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited, which increased by Rs546.00 to close at Rs28,999.00, and ZIL Limited, rising by Rs53.24 to close at Rs585.64.
On the other hand, the major losers were PIA Holding Company LimitedB, which declined by Rs80.91 to settle at Rs24,452.05, and Gillette Pakistan Limited, decreasing by Rs50.04 to close at Rs450.39.
In the futures market, 193.20 million shares were traded compared to 151.29 million shares previously, with a total traded value of Rs9.71 billion.
Among the volume leaders were Bank Makramah (Nov) with 29.25 million shares at Rs5.61, Bank of Punjab (Nov) with 22.66 million shares at Rs35.42, and PIA Holding Company (Nov) with 17.51 million shares at Rs27.81.
Out of 324 future market companies, 263 closed higher, 56 declined, and 5 remained unchanged.