RECORDER REPORT: KSE mid day update

ASAD NAEEM

KARACHI: On Tuesday, until mid day, KSE-100 Index was at 17648.80 with a positive change of 100.26 and volume of 94,054,880 shares.

High and Low were 17658.21 and 17543.15 respectively. Total volume traded in the market was 129,466,980 shares with 298 total traded companies out of which 148 were up, 136 were down and 14 were unchanged.

Construction and Materials (Cement) was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 34,935,900 shares. It was followed by Commercial Banks with a total traded volume of 18,185,500 shares.

The three top traded companies were Fauji Cement with a volume of 18,014,000 and price per share of 8.10 (0.13), Maple Leaf Cement with a volume 9,988,000 of price per share of 18.34 (0.29), National Bank Pak with a volume 7,357,000of price per share of 53.22 (1.91).

The top three advancers were UniLever Pak with price per share of 10445.00 (45.00), Nestle Pakistan Ltd. with price per share of 5030.00 (30.00) and Sapphire Textile price share of 247.40 (11.78).

The top three decliners were MithchellsFruit XDXB with price per share of 340.00 (-10.00), Gatron Ind. with price per share of 185.00 (-7.02) and Engro Foods Ltd. with price per share of 120.50 (-3.85).