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ISLAMABAD, Jan 02 (APP):The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday closed bullish, gaining 2,679.44 points, a positive change of 1.52 percent, to settle at an all-time high of 179,034.93 points compared to 176,355.49 points on the previous trading day, according to PSX data.
During the session, the ready market witnessed a trading volume of 1,113.099 million shares with a traded value of Rs 64.340 billion, against 1,402.650 million shares valuing Rs 48.424 billion in the previous session. Market capitalization increased to Rs 20.213 trillion from Rs 19.968 trillion a day earlier.
Out of 484 active companies in the ready market, 253 advanced, 201 declined, while 30 remained unchanged.
Bank of Punjab topped the volume chart with 102.546 million shares, followed by K-Electric Limited with 100.905 million shares and Media Times Limited with 43.632 million shares.
The top gainers included PIA Holding Company LimitedB, which rose by Rs 2,149.46 to close at Rs 23,644.10, and Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited, which increased by Rs 149.94 to settle at Rs 28,999.99.
On the losing side, Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited declined by Rs 80.86 to close at Rs 10,013.47, while Sunrays Textile Mills Limited fell by Rs 14.53 to close at Rs 143.71.
In the futures market, turnover stood at 212.329 million shares with a traded value of Rs 13.606 billion, compared to 307.047 million shares worth Rs 12.024 billion in the previous session.
Out of 313 futures-market companies,188 recorded gains, 121 declined, while four remained unchanged.
Among futures contracts, BOP-JAN led with 43.333 million shares, followed by KEL-JAN with 25.303 million shares and PIBTL-JAN with 15.003 million shares.