KARACHI: The stock market gained 76 points on Tuesday amid profit taking during the day.
The benchmark KSE-100 of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at 33,993 points as against 33,917 points showing an increase of 76 points.
Analysts at Arif Habib Limited said that courtesy of crudes’ performance in the international market, KSE-100 posted decent gains during the session, realizing +469 points and closing the session +76 points.
E&P and OMCs remained in the limelight but also saw profit booking near yesterday’s levels and caused OGDC and PPL to settle low.
Cement and Fertilizer sectors saw further weakness, whereas Banks also contributed to downside in Index. Cement sector topped the chart with 58.4 million shares, followed by O&GMCs (38.7 million) and Technology (26.9 million). Among scrips, HASCOL realized trading volumes of 33.8 million shares, followed by UNITY (25.4 million) and FCCL (17.8 million).
Sectors contributing to the performance include E&P (+83 points), O&GMCs (+49 points), Food (+13 points), Cement (-39 points), Banks (-23 points).
Volumes increased from 216.5 million shares to 261 million shares (+21 percent DoD). Average traded value declined by 1 percent to reach US$ 57.6 million as against US$ 58.4 million.
Stocks that contributed significantly to the volumes include HASCOL, UNITY, FCCL, MLCF and PAEL, which formed 41 percent of total volumes.
Stocks that contributed positively to the index include PPL (+34 points), ENGRO (+34 points), OGDC (+27 points), PSO (+23 points) and POL (+18 points). Stocks that contributed negatively include HBL (-33 points), FFC (-29 points), COLG (-19 points), EFERT (-10 points), and KTML (-10 points).
