ISE-10 index stays bearish

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) on Thursday witnessed bearish trend as the ISE-10 index was down by 40.37 points to close at 4212.10 points.

A total of 128,000 shares were traded, which showed a negative growth of 113,500 shares, when compared with previous day's trading of 14,500 shares.

Out of 173 companies, share prices of 56 companies recorded increase while those of 117 companies decreased and no company remained stable in today's trading.

The share price of Fazal Textile increased by Rs 44.68 while that of Indus Motors decreased by Rs 34.71 per share.

Bank of Punjab,Sui Southern Gas,Pakistan Oilfields remained the top trading companies with 120,000, 4,000 and 2,500 shares respectively.