Pakistan, Oct. 17 -- The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around to bearish trend on Thursday, as the benchmark KSE-100 Index lost 1,241.66 points, showing a negative change of 0.75 percent, closing at 164,444.72 points against 165,686.38 points of the previous trading day.

A total of 3,078,369,285 shares were traded during the day compared to 1,528,361,133 shares on the previous day, while the total value of shares traded stood at Rs50.608 billion against Rs68.604 billion on the last trading day.

As many as 484 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, of which 174 recorded gains and 269 sustained losses, while the share prices of 41 companies remained unchanged.

The three top trading companies were K-Electric Limited...