KARACHI: The investors kept their hold on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index extending its rally by nearly 90 points.
On the last day of the week, investors refrained from opening new positions.
The benchmark KSE-100 index closed at 41,630.35 points, up 89.52 points, or 0.22 percent.
According to Topline Securities, the PSX experienced lacklustre activity throughout the day, trading sideways with low volume.
According to the brokerage firm, consumer price index inflation for the month of June reached a 14-year high of 21.3 percent year on year.
During the session, 322 companies’ shares were traded. At the close of trading, 167 stocks were in the green, 137 were in the red, and 18 were unchanged.
Overall trading volumes fell to 154.03 million shares, down from 192.89 million on Thursday. The total value of shares traded that day was Rs4.03 billion.
With 19.75 million shares traded, Agritech Limited was the volume leader, losing Rs0.11 to close at Rs0.11. Azgard Nine came in second with 9.11 million shares traded, gaining Rs0.52 to close at Rs10.80, and G3 Technologies came in third with 8.7 million shares traded, gaining Rs0.20 to close at Rs8.66.
