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Stocks open week up on large-cap vibe
DHAKA, Dec 2, 2018 (BSS) – Stocks opened week up on Sunday with all the
indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges with upwards on higher
activities of large-cap securities.
The rising major sectors were engineering, textile and pharmaceuticals
and chemicals. A total of 136 securities moved up due to higher activities.
The broader DSEX of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) finished the day with
9.52 points up at 5,290.77. The Shariah DSES closed the day with 2.84 points
up at 1,226.31. But the blue-chip DS30 closed the day with 6.08 points down
at 1,855.48.
Out of the 335 issues traded at the DSE, 181 gained against 119 losing
issues.
The trade value at the DSE decreased to Taka 1,756.92 crore from the
previous session’s Taka 1,796.92 crore and the trade volume also fell to
17.57 crore from 17.97 crore shares of Thursday’s trading.
The five major gaining companies were OAL, Zaheen Spinning, Fars
Chemicals, PDL and BBS Cables. The five major losing companies were National
Tubes, BXSYNTH, Libra Infusion, Saiham Textile and NTC.
The top five turnover leaders were SKTRIMS, UPGDCL, Saiham Cotton, KTL
and Advent.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed the day up, with its
major CASPI index ending 44.09 points higher at 16,226.42.
At the CSE, 223 issues were traded. Of those, 122 issues closed higher
while 69 issues lower.
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