Today's Market

The inaugural session of the Pakistan Stock Exchange saw the lowest turnover so far this year and a. 215pt decline. 86mln shares changed hands while value traded was Rs 5.2bln. Average turnover this month so far has been 115mln shares compared to December's average of 140mln shares, or 18pc lower.

Today's top turnover items were KEL, TRG, BOP, PIBTL and GHNL. Top items by value were GHNL, ENGRO, DGKC, HBL and SEARL.