Pakistan, May 14 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bearish trend on Wednesday, losing 1,465.09 points, a negative change of 0.87 percent, closing at 167,451.14 points against 168,916.22 points on the last trading day, according to PSX data.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 684.901 million shares with a traded value of Rs 21.740 billion, compared to 1.017 billion shares valuing Rs32.031 billion in the previous session. The market capitalization declined to Rs18.570 trillion from Rs18.685 trillion a day earlier.

Out of 483 active companies in the ready market, 149 advanced, 298 declined, and 36 remained unchanged.

Agha Steel Industries topped the volume cha...