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KARACHI: The KSE-100 was higher by 41.43 points in Friday’s first trading session, as the market seemed more cautious in line with the political situation.
Traded Volume was slightly above 101 million shares, with a total value of Rs3.162 billion.
While all index seemed slightly on the higher side, the KMI-30 index rose the highest by 105.4 points while the All-Share-Index and the KSE-30 index rose 22.73 and 38.21 points respectively.
A total of 142 scripts advanced, 154 declined and 14 remained unchanged.
Volume leader for the first session was Jahangir Siddiqui and Co which lost Rs0.96 on a traded volume of slightly over 13 million shares.
National Bank lost Rs1.05 on a volume of 8.85 million shares, while DG Khan Cement lost Rs0.15 with 6.3 million shares traded.
Like other fertilizer sector shares, FFBQ rose by Rs2 on the back of 4.12 million traded shares, while Fauji Fertilizer rose by Rs1.42 on a volume of 2.42 million shares.
Other significant scripts were Lucky Cement and Engro Foods, which rose Rs.2.32 and Rs1.28 with traded volumes of 2.09 million and 2.9 million shares respectively.
Amongst the declined, Nishat Mills lost Rs1.47 on a traded volume of over 2 million shares, while Adamjee Insurance and Pakistan Petroleum lost Rs2.37 and Rs1.81 on volumes of 1.15 million and 0.52 million shares.
The second session will begin at 2:30 PM after Friday’s namaz break.
