KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange Thursday continued its bullish spree and gained 246.99 points to close at at all-time high level of 44741.98 points.
The stocks recorded the highest trading level of 44836.10 points and lowest level of 44447.89 points, with the volume of over 368 million shares and value of Rs 15.85 billion. As many as 384 companies were active; of which 129 advanced, 235 declined and 20 remained unchanged.
BoP was the volume leader with 52.79 million shares, shedding Rs 0.58 to finish at Rs 17.18. It was followed by NIB Bank Limited with 48.09 million shares, losing Rs 0.38 to end at Rs 1.71 and Aisha Steel Mill with 31.29 million shares, gaining Rs 0.80 to close at Rs 15.47.
The top three gainers were Mari Petroleum with price per share of 1186.10 (56.48), Siemens Pak with price per share of 1146.14 (54.57) and Khyber Tobacco share of 1200 (45.02).
The top three losers were Sanofi-Aventis with price per share of 2117 (-88), Wyeth Pak Ltd with price per share of 4711.07 (-81.93) and Indus Dyeing per share of 849 (-40).
Earlier, the Pakistan Stock Exchange continued its upward rally and added 222 points to reach 44716.80 points level in early trading. The PSX remained bullish as the benchmark 100-index gained 113.96 points to reach 44608.95 points level till midday.
On Wednesday, the PSX continued its upward trajectory as the bench mark shares index reached around 44,495 level by rallying 295 points.
Volatility prevailed in the market as the index traded between an intraday high of 346 points and intraday low of 92 points to finally close at its new high of 44,495 by rallying 295points (0.67%). Overall volume increased to 471 million shares as compared to 372 million shares traded yesterday, while traded value also increased to Rs20.8 billion/ $199 million. Bank of Punjab emerged volume leader in the session with 79 million traded shares.