ISLAMABAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) returned to bearish ways after a three-day bullish streak on Friday as investors resorted to booking profits on the final trading day of the week.
The Pakistan Stock Exchange's benchmark KSE 100-Index fell by 0.31 percent or 146.56 points to 46,565.29 points on Friday when compared with 46,711.85 points posted on Thursday.
During the two-day week following the Eid-al-Fitr celebrations in Pakistan, the main index gained 232.98 points as each of the two trading sessions ended in green and red zones.
The KSE All-Share Index increased by 0.17 percent or 56.48 points to 32,494.30 points, the KSE 30-Index declined by 0.80 percent, or 194.34 points, to 24,250.84 points, the KMI 30-Index trimmed down by 1.13 percent, or 901.03 points, to 78,598.22 points, whereas the Islamic All-Share Index plunged by 0.63 percent, or 141.94 points, to 22,467.08 points.
During Friday's trading session, the main index moved in a narrow range of 325.86 points as it touched an intraday high of 46,831.98 points as against an intraday low of 46,506.12 points.
Market volumes improved by 25.65 percent, or 48.07 million shares, to 235.47 million shares on Friday when compared with a trading of 187.40 million shares posted on Thursday. During the week under review, the top Pakistani bourse registered total volumes of 422.875 million shares at an average daily turnover of 232.98 million shares.
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) finished eighth on the list of top volume gainers on the opening day of its public listing with turnover of 6.49 million shares.
Among 388 active scrips on Friday, the prices of 212 issues advanced, 152 depleted, whereas values of 24 other companies stayed unchanged for the week.
Karachi Electric Limited, NIB Bank Limited, and Engro Polymer were the top traded companies with turnovers of 29.693 million shares, 23.008 million shares, and 18.034 million shares, respectively.
Philip Morris Pakistan was the top price accumulator with an increment of 136.00 rupees to close at 2,866.00 rupees while on the other hand, Nestle Pakistan led the major price decliners with a decrement of 200.00 rupees to finish the week at 10,200.00 rupees. (1 U.S. dollar = 106.40 rupees)
