KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index closed higher on Tuesday having 27104.70 shares with a positive change of 103.75 and volume of 166,487,100 shares.

High and Low were 27180.72 and 27000.95 respectively. Total volume traded in the market was 261,967,180 shares with 420 total traded companies out of which 256 were up, 145 were down and 19 were unchanged.

Personal Goods (Textile)was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 52,024,320 shares. It was followed by Commercial Banks with a total traded volume of 50,035,900 shares.

The three top traded companies were Azgard Nine with a volume of 20,801,000 and price per share of 9.07 (0.31), Bankislami Pakistan with a volume 13,159,000 of price per share of 7.78 (0.57), K.E.S.C. with a volume 12,122,500 of price per share of 6.80 (0.04).

The top three advancers were Nestle Pak. with price per share 9864.43 (464.44), Wyeth Pak Ltd with price per share of 4961.00 (236.00) and Bata (Pak) share of 3353.37 (159.68).

The top three decliners were National Foods with price per share of 660.61 (-22.71), Siemens PakistanXD with price per share of 1491.97 (-18.39) and Colgate Palmoliv per share of 1698.00 (-17.00).

Source: Business Recorder