Pakistan Stock Exchange loses 66 points, closes at 64,170
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The 100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a nominal negative change of 0.10 percent on Tuesday by losing 66.45 points, closing at 64,170.58 points against 64,237.03 points the previous trading day.
A total of 448,990,545 shares valuing Rs.12.281 billion were traded during the day as compared to 484,012,978 shares valuing Rs. 12.744 billion the last day.
Some 352 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 141 of them recorded gains and 187 sustained losses, whereas the share prices of 24 remained unchanged.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani rupee witnessed an appreciation of 06 paisa against the US dollar in the interbank trading and closed at Rs281.22 against the previous day’s closing of Rs281.28. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of the dollar in the open market stood at Rs280.9 and Rs283.4 respectively.
On the other hand, the per tola price of 24 karat gold increased by Rs300 and was sold at Rs216,400 compared to its sale at Rs216,100 on last trading day.
The price of 10 grams of 24 karat gold also increased by Rs257 to Rs185,528 from Rs185,271whereas the prices of 10 gram 22 karat gold went up to Rs170,067 from Rs169,832.
The price of per tola and ten gram Silver remained stagnant at Rs2,660 and 2,280.52 respectively. The price of gold in the international market increased by US$3 to US$2,050 from US$.2,047.
