Pakistan, June 24 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bearish trend on Tuesday, losing 778.95 points, a negative change of 0.44 percent, closing at 177,692.92 points against 178,471.87 points on the last trading day.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 765.143 million shares with a traded value of Rs 35.443 billion, compared to 807.467 million shares valuing Rs 36.175 billion in the previous session. The market capitalization declined to Rs 19.936 trillion from Rs 19.976 trillion a day earlier.

Out of 493 active companies in the ready market, 146 advanced, 308 declined and 39 remained unchanged. K-Electric Ltd. topped the volume chart with 83.430 million shares...