Pakistan, Aug. 11 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Monday, losing 119.74 points, a negative change of 0.07 percent, to close at 181,310.28 points against 181,430.02 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 917.269 million shares, compared to 716.039 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value increased to Rs44.806 billion from Rs34.102 billion. Market capitalisation rose to Rs20.258 trillion from Rs20.238 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 496 companies that traded in the ready market, 225 posted gains, 234 suffered losses, while 37 remained unchanged, reflecting a mixed trend across the m...