Today's market

The index closed down 55pts at 33910. Volumes rose by 25pc to 170mln and value traded by 16pc to Rs 8.8bln. Much of today's volumes were driven by TRG, PAEL, JSCL and Byco. These were the volume leaders.

Pak elektron lost almost 5pc for the day. JSCL gained 2pc. TRG gained 3pc. Byco lost 1pc.

Most of the price action today was in chemicals and pharmaceuticals. FEROZ, SEARL gained 5pc. GLAXO was up 3pc. Hinoon and Archroma were also up 5pc. Berger rose 3.5pc.

losers were Tri Pack films, Saif textile which ended 5pc down.