Stocks rally 304 points despite falling volume
KARACHI: Stocks posted strong recovery on Wednesday as the KSE-100 index gained 304 points (0.74 per cent) to close at 41,595.
The trading hours were cut short by an hour and a half as market had to be brought to a halt at 2.10pm due to ‘technical issues’. The index did not look back from the word go and rose to intraday high by 334 points, before closing on slightly clipped gains.
The volume slipped by 28pc over the earlier day to 103m shares while the traded value declined 28pc to Rs5.44 billion, which was attributed to shortened trading time.
Foreign investors sold shares valued at $0.67m and mutual funds were noticeable sellers of net $3.97m worth equity. Among other participants, companies and banks bought shares of the cumulative worth $2.71m.
Topline Securities stated that Lucky Cement, which went up 2.5pc, DAWH 2.7pc, POL 1.4pc, MCB Bank 0.9pc and DGKC 1.9pc, adding 101 points to the index, while Nestle fell 2pc, ABOT 2.4pc, Bata Pakistan 4.7pc, HMB 1.5pc, AICL 1.3pc, eroding 33 points.