KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange benchmark 100-index Thursday started with a bullish mood and gained 225.78 points to reach 32474.64 points, with the total volume of 21,659,150 shares.
On Wednesday, KSE gained 138.99 points or 0.43 percent to reach 32248.86 points and volume of 163,774,670 shares.
CEMENT were the top traded sector with total traded volume of 44,819,400 shares. It was followed by INV. BANKS / INV. COS. / SECURITIES COS. with a total traded volume of 30,452,500 shares.
The three top traded companies were Jah.Sidd. Co. with a volume of 27,705,000 and price per share of 21.24 (1.01), TRG Pak Ltd with a volume 18,105,500 of price per share of 19.78 (1.00), Pak Elektron with a volume 17,417,500 of price per share of 62.08 (2.95).
The top three advancers were Archroma Pak with price per share 480.53 (12.33), Highnoon (Lab) SPOT with price per share of 283.43 (12.08) and J.D.W.Sugar share of 262.99 (11.65).
The top three decliners were Nestle PakXD with price per share of 10100.00 (-210.00), Siemens Pak. with price per share of 1157.40 (-23.27) and Island Textile per share of 787.55 (-41.44).