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ISE-10 index witnessed bearish trend

Published February 20, 2014 Updated February 20, 2014 02:44pm

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Stock Exchange witnessed bearish trend here on Thursday as the ISE-10 index was down by 32.19 points and closed at 4455.34 points.

A total of 700,000 shares were traded, which were up by 324,300 shares when compared with previous day's trading of 375,700 shares.

Out of 143 companies, share prices of 44 companies recorded increase while share prices of 99 companies registered decrease where as no company remained stable in today's trading.

The share price of Pakistan Tobacco increased by Rs. 18.94 per share while the share prices of Sanofi Avestis Pakistan decreased by Rs. 36.40 per share.

Lafrage Pakistan Cement, BOPRII and Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim remained the top trading companies in Thursday's trading with 545,000, 100,000 and 4,500 shares respectively.