DHAKA, Jan 27, 2020 (BSS) – Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange
(DSE), closed today registering correction due to investors’ cautious
stances.
The broad index, DSEX closed at 4493.01 points on Monday with a loss of
35.18 points or 0.77 percent.
Besides, two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and Shariah index,
DSES also declined by 4.62 points and 3.50 to settle at 1541.23 points and
1031.72 points respectively.
On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 122,288 trades were executed in
today’s trading session with a trading volume of 130.69 million securities.
Losers took a strong lead over gainers as out of 354 issues traded, 66
securities gained price while 255 declined and 33 remained unchanged.
The top 10 gainers were Northern, EBL NRB Mutual Fund, Standard Ceramic, ML
Dying, LafargeHolcim Bangladesh, Premier Cement, British American Tobacco,
BSCCL, Hwa Well Textile and Miracle Industries.
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh topped the turnover chart followed by Square
Pharma, BSCCL, British American Tobacco, Sk Trims, Paramount Textile, New
Line Clothing, ADN Telecom and KPCL.
The top 10 losers were BSRML, BSRM Steel, BIFC, RSRM Steel, Fu Wang
Ceramic, Aziz Pipes, Silco Pharma, Pragati Insurance, Prime Life and Shepherd
Industries.
On the other hand, port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also
closed at red from the upbeat of previous day.
CSCX and CASPI declined by 84.12 points and 136.32 points to stand at
8281.25 points and 13656.40 points respectively.
At CSE, a total of 6,234,761 shares and mutual fund of 247 companies were
traded, of which 48 issues advanced while 177 declined and 22 issues remained
unchanged.