ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Wednesday, losing 1,635.97 points, showing a negative change of 1.02 percent, closing at 158,465.06 points against 160,101.03 points on the previous trading day. As many as 478 companies transacted shares in the ready market; 123 recorded gains, 314 sustained losses, while 41 remained unchanged. The overall trading volume in the ready market stood at 951.84 million shares compared to 1,018.74 million shares a day earlier, while the traded value increased to Rs41.31 billion from Rs36.94 billion. Market capitalization declined to Rs18.27 trillion from Rs18.46 trillion. K-Electric Ltd topped the volume chart with 92.99 million shares, followed by Hascol Petroleum with 53.91 million shares and WorldCall Telecom with 51.08 million shares. APP
