ISE-10 index witnesses bearish trend

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) on Thursday witnessed bearish trend as the ISE-10 index was down by 88.58 points to close at 4027.24 points.

A total of 302,000 shares were traded, which showed a negative growth of 288,500 shares, when compared with previous day trading of 13,500 shares.

Out of 157 companies, share prices of 78 companies recorded increase while those of 79 companies decreased.

The share price of Siemens Pakistan Engineering increased by Rs.55.51, while that of Sanofi Aventis Pakistan decreased by Rs 25.92.

Askari Bank, Byco Petroleum, Nishat Chunian Power Ltd remained the top trading companies with 151,000,149,000,1,500 shares respectively.