KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index closed higher on Thursday having 48857.85 points with positive change of 1254.37 and volume of 199,785,380 shares.

High and Low were 49509.30 and 47361.11 respectively. Total volume traded in the market was 408,163,680 shares with 379 total traded companies out of which 309 were up 61 were down and 9 were unchanged.

COMMERCIAL BANKS was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 46,866,400 shares. It was followed by ENGINEERING with a total traded volume of 44,894,800 shares.

The three top traded companies were Engro Polymer with a volume of 27,638,000 and price per share of 26.14 (0.47), TRG Pak Ltd with a volume 20,966,500 of price per share of 53.02 (2.52), Aisha Steel Mill with a volume 20,235,500 of price per share of 24.23 (1.15).

The top three advancers were Sanofi-AventisXD with price per share 1992.00 (94.00), Sapphire Fiber with price per share of 1147.12 (54.62) and Millat Tractors share of 1326.00 (53.70).

The top three decliners were Unilever FoodsXD with price per share of 6201.00 (49.00), Khyber Tobacco price per share of 900.00 (10.00) and Shahtaj Textile share of 150.00 (7.50).