RECORDER REPORT: PSX close of day

KARACHI: BRINDEX-30 closed on the upper side on Wednesday at 20,452.90 points with a positive change of 60.73 and volume of 85,862,000 shares. High and Low were 20,546.79 and 20,314.75 respectively. Of 30 companies traded, 17 were up, 13 were down and 0 was unchanged.

Total volume traded in the market was 153,268,570 shares. Total companies traded were 335 of which 134 were positive, 175 were negative and 26 were unchanged.

Vanaspati and Allied Industries was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 46,668,500 shares. It was followed by Technology and Communication with a total traded volume of 34,777,000 shares.

BR Sectors Position:

Sector		Open	High	Low	Close	Change	Turnover
BR - Automobile Assembler		6,443.36	6,486.69	6,389.66	6,395.60	-47.76	1,987,220
BR - Cement		3,773.81	3,837.79	3,766.38	3,831.91	58.10	17,924,800
BR - Fertilizer		9,046.66	9,043.75	8,967.11	9,033.09	-13.57	6,650,500
BR - Chemicals		3,109.98	3,110.11	3,077.93	3,091.95	-18.03	3,103,700
BR - Commercial Banks		8,368.71	8,387.41	8,288.79	8,300.36	-68.35	8,351,900
BR - Insurance		797.16	797.48	789.11	792.17	-4.99	188,050
BR - Investment Banks/investment Co		69.42	70.30	68.47	69.88	0.46	1,060,000
BR - Oil and Gas		4,655.69	4,703.37	4,639.58	4,683.77	28.08	4,769,500
BR - Refinery		730.23	739.01	730	733.36	3.13	1,109,800
BR - Technology and Communication		927.47	945.91	929.33	933.82	6.35	34,853,100
BR - Power Generation and Distribution		5,337.62	5,388.88	5,282.94	5,296.54	-41.08	10,174,000
BR - Food and Personal Care		837.35	846.82	830.20	846.82	9.47	1,378,030
BR - Pharmaceutical		619.62	621.26	609.55	611.08	-8.54	503,760

The three top traded companies were Unity Foods Limited (R) with a volume of 39,692,000 and price per share of 3.42 (-0.04), Worldcall Telecom with a volume of 31,443,500 and price per share of 1.13 (0.03), Fauji Cement Company Limited with a volume of 8,406,000 and price per share of 20.11 (0.86).

The top three advancers were Nestle Pakistan Limited with a volume of 180 and price per share of 7,079.25 (273.75), Service Industries Limited with a volume of 31,050 and price per share of 703.45 (33.45), Pakistan Services Limited with a volume of 60 and price per share of 1,020 (31.00).

The top three decliners were Unilever Pakistan Food Limited with a volume of 400 and price per share of 6,650 (-350.00), Archroma Pakistan Limited with a volume of 27,150 and price per share of 528.21 (-27.80), Shifa International Hospitals Limited with a volume of 11,800 and price per share of 237.50 (-11.97).