RECORDER REPORT-PSX close of day

KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index closed higher on Friday having 49395.86 points with a negative change of 192.44 and volume of 153,828,380 shares.

High and Low were 49893.38 and 49320.48 respectively. Total volume traded in the market was 373,303,210 shares with 402 total traded companies out of which 216 were up 171 were down and 15 were unchanged.

CEMENT was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 51,727,350 shares. It was followed by ENGINEERING with a total traded volume of 51,208,200 shares.

The three top traded companies were K-Electric Ltd. with a volume of 28,402,000 and price per share of 10.04 (0.14), Power Cement Ltd. with a volume 25,001,500 of price per share of 22.83 (1.08), Dost Steels Ltd. with a volume 24,274,500 of price per share of 16.12 (0.18).

The top three advancers were Rafhan Maize with price per share 7959.00 (379.00), Millat Tractors with price per share of 1105.41 (52.63) and Ghandhara Ind. share of 963.00 (40.25).

The top three decliners were Wyeth Pak Ltd with price per share of 4205.00 (221.00), Sapphire Tex. with price per share of 1288.27 (67.80) and Sanofi-Aventis share of 2560.00 (32.77).