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All four refineries hit the 10% limit-down while the KSE-100 edges up 0.09% to 166,564.06, 11.14% below the record, as 318 names decline

The KSE-100 edged up 0.09% to 166,564.06 on Monday, 154.81 points above Friday's 166,409.25, while all four refineries closed at or within 0.03% of the 10% limit-down: CNERGY fell 9.97% to Rs 12.28 on 93m, PRL 10.00% to Rs 87.26 on 11m, ATRL 10.00% to Rs 979.95 and NRL 10.00% to Rs 499.90, the Refinery sector falling 9.99% after Friday's decline, with all four names lower for a second straight session. The index is 2,145 points under the 10% line at 168,710 for a twenty-third straight session, 11.14% below the 6 July record and 2.61% under the 24 July low of 171,021.20 for a twenty-eighth, 0.42% above the 5 October close of 165,867.31 and 2.58% above the 23 October closing low of 162,374.87. Breadth was weak: 136 advancers against 318 decliners across the 495-name board, with 7 of 33 sectors higher, and 294m traded in declining names against 90m in advancing ones on a 443m tape, down from Friday's 825m, with 59m in unchanged names, 45m of it in PASL, unchanged at Rs 3.96. PINLR fell 55.40% to Rs 0.66 on 2m. The KMI-30's 0.11% gain was the strongest of the four gauges and the All-Share's 0.37% fall the deepest, with the KSE-30 also lower at 0.05%.