Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) Sheds 15pts on Profit-Booking

LAHORE: Bearish trading activities were witnessed at the Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) here Wednesday as profit-bookers ejected another 15.24 points from the benchmark LSE 25-Index that closed at 2,821.71 as compared to 2836.95 Tuesday. Market volumes decreased by 3.065 million shares to 10.271 million shares on the day as compared to 13.336 million shares traded the other day. Out of total 94 active scrips traded on the day, only 17 moved up the board, 45 remained in the negative column while another 32 remained unchanged.

Mari Gas Company Limited emerged as top gainer of the day with an increase by Rs4.59 in its share price to close at Rs151.70, while Attock Refinery Limited led the major losers with Rs3.94 decline to close at Rs151.70 per share. Pakistan PTA Limited came out as volume leader of the day with 1.517 million shares, followed by Arif Habib Securities Limited with 1.087 million shares and Bank of Punjab with 0.986 million shares.