Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned bearish on Friday, losing 346.57 points, a negative change of 0.19 percent, to close at 181,430.02 points against 181,776.60 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 716.039 million shares, compared to 793.353 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value declined to Rs34.102 billion from Rs40.313 billion. Market capitalisation fell to Rs20.238 trillion from Rs20.264 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 492 companies that traded in the ready market, 207 posted gains, 260 suffered losses, while 25 remained unchanged, reflecting a predominantly bearish trend across th...