KARACHI: On Friday, until mid day, KSE-100 Index was at 15445.54 with a positive change of 139.03 and volume of 31,383,620 shares.

High and Low were 15456.52 and 15306.51 respectively. Total volume traded in the market was 73,078,820 shares with 241 total traded companies out of which 139 were up, 79 were down and 23 were unchanged.

Fixed Line Telecommunication was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 20,707,500 shares. It was followed by Construction and Materials (Cement) with a total traded volume of 10,371,400 shares.

The three top traded companies were Telecard Limited with a volume of 10,857,000 and price per share of 3.20 (0.40), P.T.C.L.A with a volume of 5,628,000 and price per share of 18.83 (0.42) and Lafarge Pakistan with a volume of 4,362,500 and price per share of 5.43 (0.14).

The top three advancers were Rafhan Maize Prod with price per share of 4407.00 (209.00), Bata (Pak) Limited with price per share of 1038.45 (49.45) and Siemens Pakistan. with price share of 987.00 (47.00).

The top three decliners were Indus Dyeing with price per share of 400.00 (-14.99), Pak Gum & Chemical with price per share of 225.50 (-10.92) and AL-Ghazi TractorXD with price per share of 200.00 (-5.50).