KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange benchmark 100-index lost 138.58 points or 0.43 percent to reach 32109.87 points and volume of 180,213,450 shares on institutional offloading ahead of budget proposals on Tuesday.
At midday trading, the benchmark 100-index recorded the highest level of trading at 32286.72 points and lowest level of 32071.90 points with the total volume of 95,997,650 shares, having Rs4,522,539,564 value.
The three top traded companies were P.T.C.L. SPOT with a volume of 5,013,500 and price per share of 23.80 (0.15), Nishat Mills Ltd with a volume 4,649,300 of price per share of 113.35 (0.90), P.I.A.C.(A) with a volume 2,265,000 of price per share of 8.30 (0.10).
The top three advancers were Ismail Industr with price per share 221.55 (10.55), Millat Tractors with price per share of 598.99 (9.06) and Khyber Tobacco share of 300.00 (8.00).
The top three decliners were Nestle Pak.SPOT with price per share of 10400.00 (-100.00), Murree Brewery with price per share of 951.00 (-46.41) and Exide (PAK)per share of 1075.00 (-36.51).
Earlier, the Karachi Stock Exchange continued losing spree and further shed 33.90 points to reach 32214.55 points on the opening session, while the total volume remained 21,373,150 shares.
The benchmark KSE 100-index Monday remained under bearish trend over the continuous pressure on government after the parliament decision on Yemen crisis. The KSE-100 index closed 102.48 points down at 32,248.45 points, with volumes of 263m shares worth of Rs.14.3b/ $143m, better than month-to-date average volume of 242m shares (Rs.13.3b/ $133m).
The High and Low of today trading were 32286.72 and 32049.94 respectively with the total volume traded in the market of 180,213,450.