Pakistan, Oct. 23 -- The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Thursday, losing 1,962.87 points, a negative change of 1.18 percent, closing at 164,590.41 points against 166,553.28 points on the previous trading day.

A total of 474 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 147 recorded gains, 291 sustained losses, and 36 remained unchanged.

The total trading volume was 1,504.58 million shares compared to 1,568.82 million shares on Wednesday, while the traded value decreased to Rs49.52 billion from Rs55.06 billion. The market capitalization also declined to Rs18.99 trillion from Rs19.21 trillion.

WorldCall Telecom led the volume chart with 162.20 million shares, followed by K-Electric Lt...