Rumour of a historically high trade deficit in November struck the sentiment on the bourse and dampened the spirits of market players. Alpha Beta Core CEO Khurram Schehzad stated the stock market witnessed the sharpest fall of the calendar year 2021 on Thursday. Overall trading volumes rose to 386.7 million shares compared with Wednesday’s tally of 241.1 million. WorldCall Telecom was the volume leader with 33 million shares, losing Rs0.18 to close at Rs2.01. It was followed by Dolmen City with 23.6 million shares, losing Rs0.3 to close at Rs11.7 and Byco Petroleum with 22.8 million shares, losing Rs0.61 to close at Rs5.95.

Source: The Express Tribune December 03, 2021 02:23 UTC