Stocks open week down as major sectors dip

Stocks open week down as major sectors closing the session with falling trend at both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock exchanges yesterday, reports BSS.

Among the falling major sectors were textile, tannery industries and pharmaceuticals and chemicals. A total of 166 securities of the large-cap group incurred loss due to lower activities.

The broader DSEX index of the DSE closed the session with 26.03 points down at 6,072.99. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same trend with 4.67 points down at 1,324.43 and with 3.09 points down at 2,198.36.

The volume of shares fell to 14.97 crore from Thursday’s 20.79 crore shares and the daily turnover in value at DSE decreased to Tk 538.49 crore from Tk 675.92 crore of the previous session.

At DSE, out of the day’s 328 traded issues, price of 87 securities closed higher against 203 losing issues.

The major gaining issues were Monno Ceramics, Monno stafler, Fu Wang Food, Orion Infusion and Meghna Ceramics. The major losing issues were Style Craft, CAN Tex, Dulamia Cotton, Legacy Foot and JMISMDL.

Lanka Bangla Finance topped the turnover leaders followed by BBS Cables, Ifad Autos, WMSHIPYARD and Shahjalal Bank.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) closed the day of the week with downward trends with its major CASPI 88.24 points down at 18,823.39.

At CSE, 238 issues were traded. Of those, 60 closed higher and 153 closed lower when one crore shares worth Tk 29.35 crore changed hands.

 

Stocks open week down as major sectors dip

Stocks open week down as major sectors closing the session with falling trend at both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock exchanges yesterday, reports BSS. Among the falling major sectors were textile, tannery industries and pharmaceuticals and chemicals. A total of 166 securities of the large-cap group incurred loss due to lower activities. The broader DSEX index of the DSE closed the session with 26.03 points down at 6,072.99. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same trend with 4.67 points down at 1,324.43 and with 3.09 points down at 2,198.36. The volume of shares fell to 14.97 crore from Thursdays 20.79 crore shares and the daily turnover in value at DSE decreased to Tk 538.49 crore from Tk 675.92 crore of the previous session. At DSE, out of the days 328 traded issues, price of 87 securities closed higher against 203 losing issues. The major gaining issues were Monno Ceramics, Monno stafler, Fu Wang Food, Orion Infusion and Meghna Ceramics. The major losing issues were Style Craft, CAN Tex, Dulamia Cotton, Legacy Foot and JMISMDL. Lanka Bangla Finance topped the turnover leaders followed by BBS Cables, Ifad Autos, WMSHIPYARD and Shahjalal Bank. The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) closed the day of the week with downward trends with its major CASPI 88.24 points down at 18,823.39. At CSE, 238 issues were traded. Of those, 60 closed higher and 153 closed lower when one crore shares worth Tk 29.35 crore changed hands.