PSX edges higher with 385-point surge - What’s fueling investor optimism?
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ISLAMABAD: (Suno News) The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its upward momentum on Tuesday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index gained 385.47 points, reflecting a 0.33% increase, and closed at 116,775.50 points compared to the previous close of 116,390.04.

Trading activity remained strong with 479.46 million shares exchanged, slightly down from 484.54 million a day earlier. However, the overall value of traded shares surged to Rs30.44 billion, up from Rs27.43 billion.

Out of 447 companies that participated in the session, 219 saw their share prices rise, 174 declined, and 54 remained unchanged.

The three top trading companies were Cnergyico PK  with 32,091,019 shares at Rs 8.53 per share, TRG Pak Limited with 21,511,574 shares at Rs 67.90 per share and B O Punjab with 20,785,866 shares at Rs 11.17 per share.

Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 184.62 per share closing at Rs 23,294.62 whereas runner-up was PIA Holding Comapny LimitedB with Rs 142.36 rise in its share price to close at Rs 1,604.76.

Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 85.61 per share price, closing at Rs 1,175.87, whereas the runner-up Nestle Pakistan Limited with Rs 58.56 decline in its per share price to Rs 7,114.77.

 

          
Currency / Metal / Petrol Rates
Currency → PKR
Currency Pair Rate (PKR) Change
🇺🇸 US Dollar USD → PKR 277.06 ▲ 0.24
🇪🇺 Euro EUR → PKR 317.65 ▼ 0.10
🇬🇧 British Pound GBP → PKR 370.37 ▼ 0.29
🇸🇦 Saudi Riyal SAR → PKR 73.78 ▲ 0.11
🇦🇪 UAE Dirham AED → PKR 75.43 ▲ 0.06
🇨🇳 Chinese Yuan CNY → PKR 41.38 ▲ 0.05
Current Metals
Metal Unit Price (PKR) Change
Gold 24K Per Tola 454,978 ▼ 157
Gold 22K Per Tola 417,064 ▼ 144
Gold 21K Per Tola 398,106 ▼ 137
Gold 18K Per Tola 341,234 ▼ 117
Silver Per Tola 6,884 ▼ 2
Platinum Per oz (USD) 1,803 ▼ 2.2%
Current Petrol
Fuel Type Unit Price (PKR) Change
Petrol Super Per Litre 393.75 ▲ 4.61
Diesel HSD Per Litre 304.78
High Octane Per Litre 445.00
Kerosene Per Litre 317.32 ▼ 30.00
LPG Per Kg 258.65
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