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PSX makes history, closes above 147,000 mark for the first time

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Inde, on Tuesday, gained 75 points, a positive of 0.05 percent, to close at 147,0056 points compared to 146,929 points on the previous trading day.

A total of 691,658,929 shares were traded during the day compared to 611,205,197 shares on the previous trading day while the shares were valued at Rs. 44.004 billion compared to Rs. 44.549 billion on the last trading day.

Shares of 482 companies were traded on the stock market, of which 208 recorded increases and 242 recorded decreases while 32 companies had no change in their share prices.

The top three traded companies were Yousuf Weaving with 46,269,963 shares at Rs. 6.09 per share, Kohinoor Spinning with 39,944,966 shares at Rs. 6.47 per share and Invest Bank with 34,389,034 shares at Rs. 9.68 per share.

The highest increase in rupees was seen in PIA Holding Company Limited B with a price of Rs. 156.85 per share, closing at Rs. 29,000.00, while the runner-up was Khyber Textile Mills Limited with a price increase of Rs. 69.71 per share. 1,477.00

The highest decrease in rupees was seen in Nestle Pakistan Limited with a price of Rs. 88.57 per share, closing at Rs. 8,762.79 followed by Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited with Rs. 79.40 per share, closing at Rs. 32,020.61.

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