On Monday, the BRIndex30 opened at 8,733.84 points and remained in red for most of the trading session, except for the first few minutes. The Index entered a general falling trend in the last two hours. It touched the intra-day high of 8,753.89 points and low of 8,621.06 points, and closed at 8,633.73 points with a net negative change of -100.11 points, or -1.15 percent lower than previous close.
The volume was 34,451,533 shares, which was 67.78 percent of KSE All share volume and 93.21 percent of KSE-100 volume. The KSE All Share volume was 50,827,113 shares and KSE-100 volume was 36,961,658 shares. BR Tech & Comm Index closed at 472.28 with a net positive change of 3.77 points or percentage change of 0.8 and turnover of 8,368,489 shares.
BR Commercial Banks Index closed at 2,434.03 with a net negative change of -40.86 points or percentage change of -1.65 and turnover of 8,249,973 shares. BR Power Generation and Distribution Index closed at 1,704.99 with a net positive change of 6.64 points or percentage change of 0.39 and turnover of 3,257,663 shares.
BR Cement Index closed at 616.47 with a net negative change of -8.22 points or percentage change of -1.32 and turnover of 2,626,316 shares. BR Oil and Gas Index closed at 2,646.76 with a net negative change of -28.32 points or percentage change of -1.06 and turnover of 1,584,901 shares.