PSX · CHEMICAL · Explained move
Ghani Chemical Industries
On 18 Sep 2026, GCIL rose 6.11% to close at Rs 32.99, on 1.96× its 20-day average volume. It opened 1.29% above the previous close. Its sector moved the same way: the median name rose 1.07%, and 20 of 26 names were up. The KSE-100 rose 1.09% the same day. Across the market, foreign investors sold a net Rs 359.63M, which local investors bought. The move was 2.30× the stock's usual daily move. Exchange notices in the last two sessions: board meeting.
Open the chart on 18 Sep 2026
The day's numbers
- Close
- Rs 32.99
- Change on the day
- +6.11%
- Gap at the open
- +1.29%
- Shares traded
- 3,220,229
- Volume against its 20-day average
- 1.96×
- KSE-100 the same day
- +1.09%
The record's sentence
GCIL closed up 6.1% at Rs 32.99. Its sector rose too: 20 of 26 stocks, the typical one by 1.1%. GCIL beat that by 5.0 points. 3.2 million shares traded, 2.0 times a normal day. It is still 16.5% below its 52-week high of Rs 39.50.
Source: the explained-move record for the session of 18 Sep 2026, written 17 Oct 2026.
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