ISE-10 index witnesses bearish trend

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Stock Exchange witnessed a bearish trend on Tuesday as the ISE-10 index was down by 1.68 points to close at 3226.88.

A total of 41,700 shares were traded, which were down by 284,300 shares as compared to previous day's trading of 326,000 shares.

Out of 147 companies, share prices of 35 companies recorded increase and those of 112 registered decrease. No company remained stable.

The share price of Unilever Pakistan increased by Rs. 96.83, while that of National Foods decreased by Rs. 9.57.

Lafrage Pakistan Cement, Silk Bank and Fauji Fertilizer Company remained the top trading companies with 28,000, 5,000 and 5,000 shares respectively.