Pakistan, Aug. 12 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with a bearish trend on Tuesday, losing 1,463.60 points, a negative change of 0.81 percent, to close at 179,846.68 points against 181,310.28 points recorded in the previous trading session.

The ready market witnessed a trading volume of 860.262 million shares, compared to 917.269 million shares traded in the previous session, while the traded value decreased to Rs38.862 billion from Rs44.806 billion. Market capitalisation fell to Rs20.142 trillion from Rs20.258 trillion recorded a day earlier.

Out of 493 companies that traded in the ready market, 148 posted gains, 311 suffered losses, while 34 remained unchanged, reflecting a bearish trend ac...