The market's overall situation, however, did not correspond to an upward trend as it remained at 694,200 shares to close against previous turnover of 921,400 shares, showing a downward slide of 227,200 shares. While, out of the total 96 active scrips 24 moved up, 5 shed values and 67 remained equal.
The top three Major Gainers of the day were Mari Petroleum Company, D.G.Khan Cement Company and Pakistan Petroleum Limited by recording increase in their per share value by Rs 10.00, Rs 3.78 and Rs 2.22 respectively.
Adamjee Insurance Company, Lafarge Pakistan Cement and K-Electric Limited were among top three, which lost their per share value by Re 0.27, Re 0.09 and Re 0.06 respectively.
Top three Volume Leaders of the day included The Bank of Punjab Limited with 207,000 shares, Dewan Cement Limited (Pakistan) with 65,000 shares and Bank Alfalah Limited with 55,000 shares.