Pakistan Stock Exchange ended the week on positive note on the back of fresh buying in various sectors. BRIndex100 gained 10.77 points or 0.25 percent to close at 4,385.09 points on Friday. During the session, the BRIndex-100 touched an intraday high of 4,391.79 and an intraday low of 4,354.11 points. Total volumes stood at 130.757 million shares.
BRIndex30 lost 32.46 points or 0.15 percent to close at 21,486.40 points with total turnover of 92.135 million shares. Pakistan's benchmark KSE-100 index increased by 146.79 points or 0.36 percent and closed at 40,998.59 points. Daily trading volumes stood at 145.910 million shares as compared to 149.352 million shares traded on Thursday.
The foreign investors remained net sellers of shares worth $1.2 million. Total market capitalization increased by Rs 49 billion to Rs 8.402 trillion. Out of total 372 active scrips, 178 closed in negative and 177 in positive while the value of 17 stocks remained unchanged.
Bank of Punjab was the volume leader with 11.075 million shares and gained Rs 0.44 to close at Rs 11.83 followed by K-Electric that inched up by Rs 0.14 to close at Rs 5.35 with 9.771 million shares. Pak Tobacco and Island Textile were the top gainers increasing by Rs 117.77 and Rs 77.44 respectively to close at Rs 2516.98 and Rs 1626.44 while Wyeth Pak and Millat Tractors were the top losers declining by Rs 49.31 and Rs 43.90 respectively to close at Rs 1154.18 and Rs 1014.15.
BR Commercial Banks Index increased by 67.8 points or 0.79 percent to close at 8,650.92 points with total turnover of 33.277 million shares.
BR Cement Index inched up by 3.21 points or 0.07 percent to close at 4,480.78 points with 12.168 million shares.
BR Oil and Gas Index gained 37.6 points or 0.72 percent to close at 5,252.07 points with 8.341 million shares.
BR Tech & Comm Index lost 12.87 points or 1.09 percent to close at 1,163.81 points with 12.976 million shares.
BR Power Generation and Distribution Index closed at 5,715.33 points, up 39.24 points or 0.69 percent with 11.400 million shares.
An analyst at Arif Habib Limited said this was perhaps one of the busiest roll-over weeks in past couple of months, which saw a lot of action from portfolio managers and brokers. Notable transactions coming to fruition include buying interest from foreign clients in large cap Banks and E&P sectors, on the back of possible increase in discount rate by State Bank over the weekend and higher crude oil prices.
Besides, mid tier banks also performed well, especially BAFL and AKBL. Market opened on a positive note but selling pressure built up throughout the day leading to slow down in activity. Activity spiked up in closing hour and blue chips showed price gains.
Stocks that contributed positively include ENGRO (up 62 points), HBL (up 56 points), DAWH (up 32 points), POL (up 31 points) and PAKT (up 31 points) while scripts that contributed negatively include HUBC (down 27 points), MTL (down 24 points), MCB (down 24 points), TRG (down 14 points) and INDU (down 11 points).
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