KARACHI (February 09 2010): On Monday, the BRIndex30 opened at 8,566.38 points and remained in positive for most of the market time with only one short visit in the negative just after the start of trading. It closed at 8,580.74 points with a positive change of 14.36 points or 0.17 percent.

It experienced intra-day high of 8,628.80 and low of 8,559.36 points. The volume was 92,386,207 shares as compared to the volumes of KSE All Share and KSE-100, which were 182,215,931 and 122,140,063 shares, respectively. BR Cement Index closed at 792.03 with a net negative change of -6.3 points or -0.79 percent, registering volume of 56,075,825 shares.

BR Technology and Communication Index closed at 674.94 with a net positive change of 3.63 points or 0.54 percent. Volume was 19,171,970 shares. BR Commercial Banks Index closed at 2,750.32, recording a negative change of -15.96 points or -0.58 percent and volume of 14,780,051 shares.

BR Oil and Gas Index closed at 2,228.94, recording a positive change of 16.45 points or 0.74 percent. The volume was 10,705,187 shares. BR Power Generation and Distribution Index closed at 1,596.47 with a net negative change of -6.31 points or -0.39 percent. Volume was 8,572,139 shares.

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