RECORDER REPORT: PSX close of day

KARACHI: BRINDEX-30 closed on the upper side on Thursday at 18,795.01 points with a positive change of 224.87 and volume of 98,441,400 shares. High and Low were 18,920.21 and 18,601.06 respectively. Of 30 companies traded, 28 were up, 1 were down and 1 was unchanged.

Total volume traded in the market was 163,028,690 shares. Total companies traded were 340 of which 225 were positive, 101 were negative and 14 were unchanged.

Technology and Communication was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 29,058,600 shares. It was followed by Commercial Banks with a total traded volume of 24,261,300 shares.

BR Sectors Position:

Sector		Open	High	Low	Close	Change	Turnover
BR - Automobile Assembler		5,809.60	5,987.87	5,810.37	5,937.44	127.84	1,276,940
BR - Cement		3,169.92	3,275.90	3,172.67	3,235.04	65.12	22,426,700
BR - Fertilizer		8,384.36	8,509.70	8,352.64	8,491.19	106.83	1,591,300
BR - Chemicals		2,867.17	2,928.78	2,865.13	2,916.78	49.61	10,368,680
BR - Commercial Banks		8,157.78	8,222.51	8,148.72	8,222.51	64.73	24,261,800
BR - Insurance		722.35	725.71	712.33	725.71	3.36	1,061,550
BR - Investment Banks/investment Co		69.05	70.67	68.63	69.17	0.12	11,192,000
BR - Oil and Gas		4,113.23	4,170.99	4,113.43	4,154.09	40.86	11,738,460
BR - Refinery		603.41	620.40	602.04	616.42	13.01	1,668,400
BR - Technology and Communication		786.81	806.59	789.54	802.15	15.34	29,058,800
BR - Power Generation and Distribution		4,822.80	4,894.47	4,832.21	4,848.84	26.04	13,347,500
BR - Food and Personal Care		725.77	736.93	724.85	734.62	8.85	2,191,480
BR - Pharmaceutical		464.07	476.91	464.18	475.36	11.29	1,124,820

The three top traded companies were Summit Bank Limited with a volume of 19,374,000 and price per share of 0.65 (0.01), Worldcall Telecom with a volume of 17,183,000 and price per share of 0.79 (0.04), Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd. with a volume of 10,439,500 and price per share of 11.40 (-0.28).

The top three advancers were Unilever Pakistan Food Limited with a volume of 20 and price per share of 5,399 (229.00), Sapphire Textile Mills Limited with a volume of 40 and price per share of 1,279.98 (60.05), Colgate Palmolive (Pakistan) Ltd with a volume of 80 and price per share of 2,100 (49.00).

The top three decliners were Nestle Pakistan Limited with a volume of 10,040 and price per share of 6,700 (-149.00), Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited with a volume of 20 and price per share of 6,000 (-65.00), Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited with a volume of 1,980 and price per share of 2,531.95 (-41.04).