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Stocks witness up on large-cap vibe
DHAKA, Nov 11, 2018 (BSS) – Stocks witnessed upward trend on Sunday as
major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found rising
trend with higher activities of some large-cap securities despite lower
transactions.
The rising major sectors were food and allied, textile and
pharmaceuticals and chemical.
A total of 113 large cap securities moved up on higher activities.
The broader DSEX index of the DSE closed the session with 19.87 points up
at 5,278.98. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 followed the same trend
with 4.95 points up at 1,215.42 and with 9.20 point up at 1,868.30
respectively.
The volume of shares decreased to 12.87 crore from Thursday’s 15.02 crore
shares and the daily turnover in value at the DSE declined to Taka 527.44
crore from Thursday’s Taka 593.70 crore.
At the DSE, price of 149 securities out of the day’s 333 closed higher
against 131 losing issues.
The major gaining issues were Fine Foods, GQ Ball Pen, FEKDIL, Libra
Infusion and Style Craft. The major losing issues were INTRACO, Saiham
Textile, EASTERNLUB, Legacy Foot and KPCL.
KPCL topped the turnover leaders followed by SKTRIMS, BBS Cables,
Shepherd and Shasha Denims.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) closed the day of the week with upward
trend with its major CASPI 85.09 points up at 16,186.17.
At the CSE, 244 issues were traded. Of those, 131 closed higher and 83
closed lower when 66.67 lakh shares worth Taka 1.98 crore changed hands.
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