Market Evening Wrap 29th Oct. 2020

The Benchmark KSE100 index opened at 40,974.29pts with a gap of -212.57pts. Later on day high of index remained same at 40,974.29pts. While a day low of 39,275.43pts with net chage of -1,911.43pts was witnessed during the day. While session suspended at 39,888.00pts with net chage of -1,298.86pts.

Trading volume at PSX floor settled at 541.19 million shares with net change of 172.77 million shares or 46.90% on DoD basis. While trading volume of KSE100 listed companies also setteld at 374.81 million shares with net change of 116.33 million shares or 45.01%. MLCF, PRL and UNITY remained top three volume leaders with net trading volume of 45.78, 27.94 and 24.36 and net price change of 3.53, 7.48 and -1.75 percent respectively.

Today,356 companies participated in trading at PSX floor, 52 out of these closed with net positive price change, while 8 companies closed with no change but 296 companies closed with net negative price change at day end. SAPT, NESTLE and BHAT lead the price gainers with net price change of 56.32, 50.00 and 24.99 Pkr/share respectively. While on the other side GATI, HINO and SEPL remained top three price losers with net price change of -52.00, -17.43 and -15.44 Pkr/share respectively.

Today CEMENT, REFINERY and TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATION sectors remained top three volume leading sectors with net trading volume of 107.27, 39.16 and 26.00 million shares respectively. TOBACCO, TEXTILE WEAVING and SUGAR & ALLIED INDUSTRIES sectors have supported index by adding 5.58, 0.00 and -0.05 points, while on the other side COMMERCIAL BANKS, OIL & GAS EXPLORATION COMPANIES and FERTILIZER sectors have dragged index towards negative zone by -299.02, -207.30 and -127.17 points respectively.