PSX: Bulls reign the bourse on week’s first trading day!

KARACHI: Benchmark KSE-100 Index closed at 44,898 points with an augmentation of 719 points.

Value of the shares of 275 companies augmented, 91 plummeted while 14 remained stagnant. Top five traders that dominated the bourse today were: Amtex Limited, 19.7m shares (+44.62pc); Power Cement, 16.0m shares (+8.49pc); TRG Pak Ltd., 15.4m shares (+4.81pc); Pak Elektron, 15.1m shares (+4.56pc); Azgard Nine: 12.9m shares (-0.67pc).

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.