A total of 55,052 shares were traded, which were up by 20,095 shares when compared with previous day's trading of 34,957 shares.

Out of 120 companies share prices of 97 companies recorded increase, share prices of 23 companies registered decrease while that of zero company remained stable.

The share prices of Blessed Textile increased by Rs3.15 per share, while the share prices of Unilever Pakistan decreased by Rs86.68.

Silk Bank, Karachi Electric Supply and PICIC Growth Fund remained the top trading companies in Wednesday trading with 20,000, 10,000 and 5,000 respectively.

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