Showing a positive change of 0.18 percent, the index closed at 78,488.22 points against 78,349.66 points on the last working day.

During the last trading day, a total of 680,810,524 shares were traded as compared to 599,820,775 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs21.186 billion against Rs20.409 billion.

A total of 545 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 214 of them recorded gains and 180 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 60 companies remained unchanged.

The three top trading companies were Hascol Petrol with 63,106,709 shares at Rs 7.90 per share, Kohinoor Spinning with 44,638,709 shares at Rs.11.84 per share and Symmetry Group Limited with 38,685,354 shares at Rs 9.34 per share.

Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 82.09 per share closing at Rs 17,498.93 followed by Sapphire Fibres Limited with Rs 69.43 decline to close at Rs 1,500.00.

A maximum increase of Rs 73.27 per share price was wintnessed by Hallmark Company Limited, closing at Rs 806.01, whereas the runner-up was Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited with a Rs 55.47 rise in its per share price to Rs 7,439.17.