The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bullish trend on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 1,171.42 points, a positive change of 0.72 percent, closing at 162,803.16 points compared to 161,631.73 points on the previous trading day.
According to the PSX data, a total of 949.36 million shares were traded in the ready market, compared to 952.86 million shares on the previous day, with a total traded value of Rs 47.58 billion. The market capitalization increased to Rs 18.64 trillion from Rs 18.56 trillion.
Out of 486 companies that transacted shares, 262 closed in profit, 176 sustained losses, and 48 remained unchanged.
Hascol Petroleum Limited led the volume chart with 119.51 million shares, followed by Bank of Punjab with 81.17 million shares and and WorldCall Telecom with 44.13 million shares. In the top gainers, Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited rose by Rs 455.70 to close at Rs 28,939.75, while Atlas Honda Limited gained Rs 71.80 to settle at Rs 1,526.51 per share.
Among the top losers, PIA Holding Company Limited lost Rs 336.52 to close at Rs 24,453.05, whereas Sapphire Fibres Limited fell by Rs 38.11 to Rs 1,292.65 per share.
In the futures market, a total of 232.09 million shares were traded. Bank of Punjab-NOV, TRG Pakistan-NOV, and WorldCall Telecom-NOV were the top traded contracts by volume.