After witnessing a positive change of 0.43 percent, the index closed at 86,205.66 points against 85,840.34 points on the last trading day, according to data available at the PSX website.

The stock data revealed that as many as 474,333,405 shares were traded during the day as compared to 422,107,359 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 26.942 billion against Rs. 24.467 billion on the last trading day.

It added that a total of 445 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 227 of them recorded gains and 150 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 68 companies remained unchanged.

The PSX report revealed that the three top trading companies were The Searle Company with 26,011,365 shares at Rs 63.32 per share, Hub Power Company with 24,345,667 shares at Rs 101.73 per share and Hum Network with 22,574,161 shares at Rs 14.24 per share.

As per the data, Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 156.55 per share price, closing at Rs 17,634.00, whereas the runner-up was Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited with Rs 138.57 rise in its per share price to Rs 7,259.71.

It further reported that Hallmark Company Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 88.51 per share closing at Rs 796.55 followed by Sapphire Textile Mills Limited with Rs 62.07 decline to close at Rs 1,146.41.