DHAKA, Feb 11, 2020 (BSS) – Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange
(DSE) bounced back today as the investors gained confidence over Bangladesh
Bank’s circular on providing support to the stock market.
The broad index, DSEX closed at 4471.51 points on Tuesday with a gain of
85.96 points or 1.96 percent.
Besides, two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and Shariah index,
DSES also went up by 25.65 points and 13.85 points to settle at 1517.22
points and 1030.12 points respectively.
On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 133,974 trades were executed
in today’s trading session with a trading volume of 203.41 million
securities.
Gainers took a strong lead over losers as out of 356 issues traded, 296
securities gained price while 40 declined and 20 remained unchanged.
The top 10 gainers were Prime Bank First ICB AMCL Mutual Fund, ICB, SEML
FBSL Growth Fund, Hakkani Pulp, Asian Tiger, Union Capital, SK Trims, Central
Pharma, SEML IBBL Shariah Fund and SEML Lecture Equity Management Fund.
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh topped the turnover chart followed by ADN
Telecom, SK Trims, Indo-Bangla Pharma, Orion Infusion, Summit Power, Khulna
Power, Oimax Electrode, Golden Harvest and BSC.
The top 10 losers were Fareast Finance, Progressive Life Insurance, Emerald
Oil, Green Delta Insurance, Tallu Spinning, Altex Industries, Dhaka Dying,
Padma Oil, Mutual Trust Bank and Zealbangla Sugar.
On the other hand, port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also
closed at green overcoming the bearish trend of previous days.
CSCX and CASPI increased by 152.23 points and 251.15 points to stand at
8266.76 points and 13632.61 points respectively.
At CSE, a total of 13,121,397 shares and mutual fund of 252 companies were
traded, of which 202 issues advanced while 28 declined and 22 issues remained
unchanged.