Karachi (Staff Report): Downward trend prevailed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index shed 257 points to close at 45,461 points.
In all, 170.3 million shares worth Rs7.15 billion were traded at the exchange. Of the 413 traded scrips, 167 advanced while 226 declined and 20 remained unchanged.
Commercial banks dominated trading with 24.5m shares traded while the chemical sector followed with 21.2m shares traded.