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STOCK-UPWARD
Stocks return to gaining track
DHAKA, Oct 24, 20218 (BSS)- Breaking the losing streak, stocks rebound
today as all indices of the country’s two bourses-Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)
and Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE) were in green zone with active
participation of investors.
However, the turnover in DSE, the important indicator of the market,
declined to Tk 368 crore from the Tuesday’s Tk 379.40 crore. The daily trade
volume also declined to 9.83 crore shares from previous session’s 10.28 crore
shares.
The broader DSEX index of DSE closed the day with 23.66 points up to close
at 5,276.33. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same
trend with 6.41 points up to settle at 1,218.37 and with 8.06 points up to
close at 1,872.02.
At DSE, gainers dominated the day’s trading as out of the day’s 341
securities, 155 gained against 145 losing issues. The five top gaining issues
were BD Finance, Advent Pharma, BBS Cables, Prime Tex and Shahjalal Islami
Bank while five top losers were Meghna Pet, United Insurance, AAMRA Net, CAN
Tex and Emerald Oil.
In the port city Chattogram, the CSE closed upward with its All Share Price
Index – CASPI -gained 82.30 points to close at 16,215.97. The gainers
outnumbered the losers in the day’s trading as 109 issues closed up against
86 losing securities on the CSE. The port city bourse traded 79.73 lakh
shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 21.97 crore in turnover.
BSS/PR/TAN/FI/1845 hrs