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ISLAMABAD, Nov 14 (APP):The benchmark KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday continued its upward momentum, gaining 1,277.69 points, a rise of 0.80 per cent, to close at 161,935.19 points compared to 160,657.50 points on the previous day.
A total of 673.45 million shares were traded in the ready market with a value of Rs 34.65 billion, compared to 797.18 million shares worth Rs 35.13 billion on the previous session. Market capitalisation increased to Rs 18.433 trillion from Rs 18.287 trillion.
Out of 480 companies active in the ready market, 276 closed higher, 155 declined and 49 remained unchanged.
The leading ready-market turnover players included Pace (Pak) Ltd. with 51.76 million shares, F. Nat. Equities with 37.67 million shares and Bank of Punjab with 36.99 million shares.
The top gainers were Khyber Textile Mills Limited, which increased by Rs164.64 to close at Rs1,992.13, and Sapphire Textile Mills Limited, rising by Rs88.02 to close at Rs1,464.01. On the other hand, the major losers were Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited, which declined by Rs442.41 to settle at Rs28,556,59 and Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited, decreasing by Rs63.21 to close at Rs9,414.92.
In the futures market, turnover was 185.02 million shares with traded value at Rs 9.273 billion.
In the futures segment, the top volume contracts were Pace (Pak) Ltd.-Nov with 32.30 million shares, Bank of Punjab-Nov with 14.99 million shares and SSGC-Nov with 14.20 million shares.