The benchmark index was also driven lower by a 20% month-on-month decrease in fertiliser sales for January 2019. Financial stocks were the major laggards among which Habib Bank (-2.6%), United Bank (-3.5%) and Bank AL Habib (-1%) closed in the red,” he said. Trading value came in at $26 million, down 33%, and volumes stood at 68 million shares, down 31%. Market watch: KSE-100 falls 55 points in lacklustre tradingOverall, trading volumes decreased to 68.1 million shares compared with Friday’s tally of 98.7 million. It was followed by Siddiqsons Tin Plate with 5.2 million shares, losing Rs0.53 to close at Rs20.8 and United Bank with 4.5 million shares, losing Rs4.91 to close at Rs137.21.

Source: The Express Tribune February 25, 2019 15:11 UTC