Pakistan, July 18 -- The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Friday, losing 2,320.78 points, a negative change of 1.30 percent, to close at 175,802.79 points against 178,123.57 points recorded on the previous trading day.

During the session, the ready market recorded a trading volume of 621.024 million shares with a traded value of Rs29.884 billion, compared to 736.956 million shares valuing Rs34.609 billion in the previous session. The market capitalization declined to Rs19.790 trillion from Rs20.040 trillion a day earlier.

Out of 497 active companies in the ready market, 101 advanced, 367 declined, and 29 remained unchanged.

Cnergyico PK led the volume chart with 86.492 million sh...