KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index closed lower on Wednesday having 26595.63 shares with a negative change of 58.10 and volume of 161,876,920 shares.

High and Low were 26722.11 and 26476.24 respectively. Total volume traded in the market was 273,220,900 shares with 405 total traded companies out of which 165 were up, 231 were down and 9 were unchanged.

Personal Goods (Textile) was the top traded sector with total traded volume of 59,808,120 shares. It was followed by Construction and Materials (Cement) with a total traded volume of 39,336,700 shares.

The three top traded companies were Azgard Nine with a volume of 20,685,000 and price per share of 9.90 (0.07), B.O.Punjab with a volume 16,287,000 of price per share of 11.70 (0.23), Chenab Ltd.(Pref) with a volume 13,163,500 of price per share of 3.81 (1.00).

The top three advancers were Nestle Pak. with price per share 12588.45 (599.45), Island Textile with price per share of 1643.16 (78.24) and Wyeth Pak Ltd share of 4747.31 (77.75).

The top three decliners were Rafhan Maize with price per share of 7003.40 (-368.60), MithchellsFruitXDXB with price per share of 810.92 (-42.68) and Shezan Inter per share of 910.00 (-41.34).

Source: Business Recorder