The market opened on a positive note and the index hit 14,568.91 points intra-day high, however the investors opted to book profit on the last trading day of the week and the index dropped into negative zone at 14,488.02 points intra-day low level.

Due to shorter trading hours, daily volumes remained low at 58.339 million shares as compared to 81.467 million shares traded on Thursday. Total market capitalization reduced by Rs 6 billion to stand at Rs 3.708 trillion. Of the total 239 active stocks, 121 closed in negative and 98 in positive while the value of 20 stocks remained unchanged.

PTCL was the volume leader with 7.288 million shares however lost Re 0.51 to close at Rs 14.26.

Investors' interest was seen in the cement sector, as DG Khan Cement, Maple Leaf Cement and Lucky Cement increased by Re 0.43, Re 0.49 and Re 0.40 to close at Rs 45.90, Rs 6.25 and Rs 129.29 with 6.811 million shares, 3.203 million shares and 1.900 million shares respectively.

Jahangir Siddiqui Co decreased by Re 0.18 to close at Rs 16.04 with 5.888 million shares.

Engro Foods gained Re 0.94 to close at Rs 69.50 with 2.399 million shares. Arif Habib Corp inched up by Re 0.32 to close at Rs 33.48 with 2.127 million shares. Nishat Chunian Power increased by Re 0.48 to close at Rs 15.63 with 1.905 million shares.

In the banking sector, Bank Al Habib gained Re 0.47 to close at Rs 29.54 with 1.659 million shares while NBP lost Re 0.01 to close at Rs 45.83 with 1.587 million shares.

Rafhan Maize and Unilever Pak were the top gainers increasing by Rs 176.40 and Rs 35.00 to close at Rs 3710.00 and Rs 7360.00 respectively while Unilever Food and Shahtaj Sugar Mills were the top losers declining by Rs 40.00 and Rs 3.28 to close at Rs 2850.00 and Rs 79.12, respectively.