Bulls dominated the proceedings on the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) where equities continued to move in upward direction with positive trend at the ISE amid increase in index. ISE Ten Index showed an improvement of 7.07 points as the ISE Ten Index moved from 3,232.72 to 3,239.79 points. The overall turnover amounted to 143,100 shares as compared to previous volume of 56,500 shares.

Total 144 companies participated in buying and selling activity. Majority of stocks (97) closed in positive territory, 47 closed in negative territory, whereas no company remained pegged to its overnight levels. The volume of Lafrage Pakistan Cement was 70,000 shares. The volume of Silk Bank was 52,000 shares. The volume of PTCL was 10,000 shares.

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