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Losing streak extended in bourses
DHAKA, May 23, 2021 (BSS) – Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), today witnessed another correction by extending the falling trend of previous session.
The broad index, DSEX closed at 5,787.60 points with a loss of 25.47 points or 0.43 percent.
Besides, two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and Shariah index, DSES also went down by 16.74 points and 9.17 points to settle at 2,161.73 points and 1,263.64 points respectively.
On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 2,12,377 trades were executed in today’s trading session with a trading volume of 14,859.99 million securities.
Losers took a strong lead over gainers as out of 363 issues traded, 111 securities gained price while 188 declined and 64 remained unchanged.
The top 10 gainers were Aman Feed, NRBC Bank, Paramount, ACFL, RINGSHINE, Pioneer Insurance, LRBDL, Salvo Chemical, AB Bank and Pragati Insurance.
Beximco topped the turnover chart followed by Prime Bank, Saif Power, BSCCL, NRBC Bank and Pioneer Insurance.
The top 10 losers were Exim Bank, Trust Bank, Tosrifa, Tallu Spinning,PRIME1ICBA, Continental Insurance, GBB Power, ICB Sonali1, Islami Bank and Tunghai.
On the other hand, port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed at red extending the losing trend of previous day.
CSCX and CASPI declined by 49.27 points and 79.71 points to stand at 10,099.79 points and 16,757.94 points respectively.
At CSE, a total of 28,926,686 shares and mutual fund of 283 companies were traded, of which 95 issues advanced while 147 declined and 41 issues remained unchanged.
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