Pakistan, Aug. 14 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Thursday, losing 206.60 points, a negative change of 0.11 percent, to close at 180,104.61 points against 180,311.22 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 891.332 million shares, compared to 744.237 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value increased to Rs36.690 billion from Rs32.193 billion. Market capitalisation declined to Rs20.130 trillion from Rs20.177 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 495 companies that traded in the ready market, 197 posted gains, 269 suffered losses, while 29 remained unchanged, reflecting a negative trend acr...