ISLAMABAD, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) recorded bearish trading activities for third straight day on Thursday as investors lacked interest amid scarcity of major triggers which resulted in limited activity.
The benchmark KSE 100-Index slid by 0.16 percent or 52.89 points to 33,921.96 points on Thursday when compared with 33,974.85 points reported on Wednesday.
The KSE All Share Index slipped by 0.16 percent or 38.71 points to 23,760.21 points, the KSE 30-Index dipped by 0.19 percent or 39.35 points to 20,404.68 points, whereas the KMI 30-Index skidded lower by 0.18 percent or 102.42 points to 57,134.57 points.
During Thursday's trading session, the key index moved in a narrow band of 241.92 points as it touched an intraday high of 34,159.82 points as against an intraday low of 33,917.90 points.
Market volumes shrank by 24.66 percent or 47.506 million shares to 145.161 million shares on Thursday when compared with 192.667 million shares posted on Wednesday.
Market capitalization depleted by 0.18 percent or 13.172 billion rupees (126.658 million U.S. dollars) to 7.251 trillion rupees (69.727 billion dollars) while trade value shed 4.51 percent or 341.724 million rupees (3.285 million dollars) to 7.232 billion rupees (69.545 million dollars).
Among 379 active scrips on Thursday, prices of 184 issues advanced, 164 declined, whereas values of 31 other companies stayed unchanged.
Byco Petroleum, Pak Elektron XD, and TRG Pakistan Limited were the top traded companies with turnovers of 12.201 million shares, 11.055 million shares, and 10.863 million shares, respectively.
Unilever Foods was the top price gainer with increment of 100 rupees (96.15 cents) to 6,900 rupees (66.34 dollars) while on the flip side Colgate Palmolive XD led the major price shedders with decrement of 19.50 rupees (18.75 cents) to 1,380.50 rupees (13.27 dollars).
