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Stocks maintain falling trend as major sectors dip
DHAKA, July 25, 2018 (BSS) – Stocks continued to witness a downward trend
on Wednesday as major indices of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong
Stock Exchange (CSE) were in red zone due to lower activities of large-cap
securities despite higher transactions.
The falling major sectors were ceramics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals
and insurance. A total of 136 securities of the large-cap group moved down
due to lower activities.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, lost 15.94 points to settle at
5,319.44. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, and DSE Shariah index also
followed the same trend with 7.85 points down at 1,895.10 and with 2.55
points down at 1,264.11.
The daily trade volume also rose to 22.96 crore shares from the Tuesday’s
16.28 crore shares and the daily trade value increased to Taka 954.44 crore
from the previous session’s Taka 716.62 crore.
Out of 336 issues traded, 128 closed higher while 167 closed lower and 41
issues remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.
Top five gainers on the day were PDL, ITC, DSSL, SAIHAMCOT and SAIHAMTEX.
The top five losers were Monno Ceramics, Libra Infusion, Ambee
Pharmaceutical, Central Insurance and Imam Button.
BBS Cables topped the turnover list followed by PDL, Singer BD, Active Fine
and USMANIAGL.
In the port city, the CSE also closed downward with the CSE All Share Price
Index (CASPI) shed 6.20 points to settle at 16,398.58.
At the CSE, 255 issues were traded. Of those, 116 closed higher and 110
closed lower when 55.74 crore shares worth Taka 1.78 crore changed hands.
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