Pakistan, Sept. 2 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its bearish trend on Tuesday, losing 508.69 points, a negative change of 0.29 percent, to close at 176,466.99 points against 176,975.68 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 784.466 million shares, compared to 937.270 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value decreased to Rs37.410 billion from Rs39.134 billion. Market capitalization declined to Rs19.782 trillion from Rs19.830 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 498 companies that traded in the ready market, 174 posted gains, 292 suffered losses, while 32 remained unchanged, reflecting a downward trend in...