RECORDER REPORT: PSX close of day

KARACHI: BRINDEX-30 closed on the upper side on Wednesday at 24,692.38 points with a positive change of 131.13 and volume of 180,523,000 shares. High and Low were 24,847.74 and 24,561.25 respectively. Of 30 companies traded, 15 were up, 14 were down and 1 was unchanged.

Total volume traded in the market was 269,986,050 shares. Total companies traded were 390 of which 176 were positive, 192 were negative and 22 were unchanged.

Engineering was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 36,373,600 shares. It was followed by Technology and Communication with a total traded volume of 36,015,500 shares.

BR Sectors Position:

Sector		Open	High	Low	Close	Change	Turnover
BR - Automobile Assembler		10,104.04	10,204.51	10,037.45	10,053.53	-50.51	6,411,540
BR - Cement		5,964.61	6,075.97	5,964.61	6,028.77	64.16	16,877,550
BR - Fertilizer		7,853.84	7,923.15	7,835.31	7,842.59	-11.25	9,019,400
BR - Chemicals		3,265.38	3,318.50	3,265.05	3,304.51	39.13	20,924,820
BR - Commercial Banks		8,709.43	8,803.15	8,709.43	8,794.71	85.28	15,642,300
BR - Insurance		1,157.50	1,168.64	1,146.18	1,168.01	10.51	3,198,550
BR - Investment Banks/investment Co		109.88	111.40	108.59	109.07	-0.81	5,631,500
BR - Oil and Gas		5,256.45	5,303.09	5,256.45	5,278.63	22.18	23,800,440
BR - Refinery		1,556.17	1,623.80	1,556.17	1,618.91	62.74	10,863,200
BR - Technology and Communication		1,235.43	1,250.83	1,226.83	1,243.69	8.26	36,017,500
BR - Power Generation and Distribution		6,518.99	6,595.54	6,517.46	6,560.05	41.06	7,006,500
BR - Food and Personal Care		1,090.78	1,098.10	1,090.78	1,095.28	4.50	11,643,490
BR - Pharmaceutical		854.03	867.35	853.73	854.59	0.56	807,110

The three top traded companies were TRG Pakistan Limited with a volume of 26,845,500 and price per share of 38.85 (-0.02), Azgard Nine Limited with a volume of 22,772,000 and price per share of 17 (0.97), Aisha Steel Mills Limited with a volume of 19,469,000 and price per share of 21.81 (-0.48).

The top three advancers were Unilever Pakistan Food Limited with a volume of 40 and price per share of 8,387.50 (187.50), Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited with a volume of 2,020 and price per share of 3,150 (129.00), Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan) Limited with a volume of 20 and price per share of 2,900 (101.00).

The top three decliners were Khyber Tobacco Co Ltd with a volume of 4,040 and price per share of 764.41 (-40.23), Indus Motor Company Limited with a volume of 12,540 and price per share of 1,759.36 (-33.07), Bata Pakistan Limited with a volume of 140 and price per share of 2,475 (-24.00).