Pakistan, July 31 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bearish trend on Thursday, losing 495.00 points, a negative change of 0.28 percent, to close at 175,547.98 points against 176,042.99 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 711.201 million shares, compared to 574.076 million shares traded on Wednesday, while the traded value slightly increased to Rs25.396 billion from Rs25.369 billion. Market capitalisation declined to Rs19.718 trillion from Rs19.778 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 495 companies that traded in the ready market, 175 posted gains, 279 suffered losses, while 41 remained unchanged, reflecting a predominantly bea...