Pakistan Stock Exchange Tuesday closed on a positive note on the back of local and foreign investors' support.
BRIndex100 gained 25.67 points or 0.77 percent to close at 3,345.11 points. BRIndex100 touched intraday high of 3,353.63 and intraday low of 3,319.13 points. Volumes stood at 147.123 million shares.
BRIndex30 increased by 196.38 points or 1.18 percent to close at 16,863.67 points with a turnover of 111.935 million shares.
The KSE-100 Index rose by 238.82 points or 0.74 percent to close at 32,553.39 points. Trading activity slightly improved as daily volumes on the ready counter increased to 159.413 million shares as compared to 122.282 million shares traded Monday.
Foreign investors also remained net buyers of shares worth $0.2 million. The market capitalization increased by Rs 34 billion to Rs 6.128 trillion. Out of total 325 active scrips, 174 closed in positive, 129 in negative while the value of 22 stocks remained unchanged.
Maple Leaf was the volume leader with 36.232 million shares and gained Re 0.77 to close at Rs 26.72 followed by Unity Foods that inched up by Re 0.39 to close at Rs 11.33 with 20.561 million shares.
Unilever Foods and Nestle Pakistan were the top gainers with Rs 333.33 and Rs 232.00, respectively to close at Rs 8,500.00 and Rs 5,780.00. Sapphire Fiber and Pak Tobacco were the top losers with Rs 51.00 and Rs 43.33, respectively to close at Rs 651.00 and Rs 1,636.34. BR Automobile Assembler Index inched up by 1.58 points or 0.03 percent to close at 5,103.29 points with total turnover of 381,130 shares.
BR Cement Index increased by 129.67 points or 3.21 percent to close at 4,167.49 points with 59.707 million shares.
BR Commercial Banks Index lost 33.07 points or 0.49 percent to close at 6,770.46 points with 18.145 million shares.
BR Power Generation and Distribution Index surged by 89.43 points or 2.1 percent to close at 4,353.07 points with 4.240 million shares.
BR Oil and Gas Index gained 11.3 points or 0.36 percent to close at 3,161.22 points with 11.174 million shares.
BR Tech. & Comm. Index closed at 847.00 points, up 10.43 points or 1.25 percent with 11.443 million shares.
An analyst at Arif Habib Limited that the market saw rebound of cement sector as the concerns over cement price/bag dissipated. Upcoming data release on inflation and possible rate cut helped investors take a positive view on equities. International crude oil prices edged lower, with WTI slipping below $11/bbl that kept pressure on E&P stocks. PSO, on the other hand, posted price gains during the session.
Banking sector stocks also saw selling pressure due to the view of rate cut. Cement sector maintained top position in trading volumes with 59.6 million shares, followed by Vanaspati (20.5 million shares) and Banks (16.8 million shares).
Sectors contributing to the performance include Cement (up 92 points), Power (up 45 points), Food (up 45 points), Fertilizer (up 31 points), O&GMCs (up 21 points) and Banks (down 39 points).
Stocks that contributed positively to the index included HUBC (up 49 points), ENGRO (up 36 points), LUCK (up 33 points), NESTLE (up 23 points) and PSO (up 20 points). Stocks that contributed negatively included BAFL (down 23 points), UBL (down 19 points), HBL (down 14 points), DAWH (down 13 points) and PAKT (down 12 points).
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