Pakistan, June 30 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish momentum on Monday, losing 1,156.47 points, a negative change of 0.64 percent, closing at 178,414.80 points against 179,571.27 points on the last trading day.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 869.381 million shares with a traded value of Rs 43.946 billion, compared to 851.299 million shares valuing Rs 40.381 billion in the previous session. The market capitalization declined to Rs 20.020 trillion from Rs 20.135 trillion a day earlier.

Out of 494 active companies in the ready market, 151 advanced, 320 declined and 23 remained unchanged. Sitara Petroleum topped the volume chart with 104.436 million share...