Bourses start week continuing upbeat

Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) began week extending upbeat of previous session as enthusiastic investors continued their buying spree.

The morning positive vibe continued till the closure as optimistic investors remained active in the session. Positive momentum in some large

cap stocks especially from bank, financial institutions, pharma and food sectors created sound in the investors’ temper.

The broad index, DSEX closed at 4433.94 points yesterday, the first day of the week, with a gain of 15.10 points or 0.34  per cent.

Besides, the two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and the Shariah index, DSES also went up by 3.37 points and 2.18 points to settle at 1512.33 points and 997.08 points respectively.

On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 94,387 trades were executed in yesterday’s trading session with a trading volume of 112.67 million securities.

Gainers took a strong lead over the losers as out of 353 issues traded, 163 securities gained price while 125 declined and 65 remained unchanged.

It said most of the sectors witnessed correction yesterday. Among the major sectors based on market capitalization – telecom (-0.2 per cent), fuel & power (-0.7 per cent), jute (-4.3 per cent) and life insurance (-1.8 per cent) sectors witnessed price correction while bank (0.7 per cent), financial institutions (0.3 per cent), pharma (0.1 per cent) and food (1.4 per cent) sectors achieved price appreciation in the day’s session.

The investors’ activity was mostly centered on miscellaneous (14.9 per cent), textile (13.4 per cent) and engineering (12.0 per cent) sectors.

National Life Insurance topped the turnover chart followed by Standard Ceramic, Daffodil Computer, Prime Bank, Khulna Power, Ring Shine, Sinobangla Industries, Bank Asia, SK Trims and Anlima Yarn.

On the other hand, the port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed in green maintaining the gaining streak of previous session.

CSCX and CASPI increased by 12.97 points and 22.02 points to stand at 8176.71 points and 13486.41 points respectively.

At CSE, a total of 6,849,268 shares and mutual fund of 232 companies were traded, of which 108 issues advanced while 85 declined and 39 issues remained unchanged.

 

Bourses start week continuing upbeat

Countrys premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) began week extending upbeat of previous session as enthusiastic investors continued their buying spree. The morning positive vibe continued till the closure as optimistic investors remained active in the session. Positive momentum in some large cap stocks especially from bank, financial institutions, pharma and food sectors created sound in the investors temper. The broad index, DSEX closed at 4433.94 points yesterday, the first day of the week, with a gain of 15.10 points or 0.34 per cent. Besides, the two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and the Shariah index, DSES also went up by 3.37 points and 2.18 points to settle at 1512.33 points and 997.08 points respectively. On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 94,387 trades were executed in yesterdays trading session with a trading volume of 112.67 million securities. Gainers took a strong lead over the losers as out of 353 issues traded, 163 securities gained price while 125 declined and 65 remained unchanged. It said most of the sectors witnessed correction yesterday. Among the major sectors based on market capitalization telecom (-0.2 per cent), fuel power (-0.7 per cent), jute (-4.3 per cent) and life insurance (-1.8 per cent) sectors witnessed price correction while bank (0.7 per cent), financial institutions (0.3 per cent), pharma (0.1 per cent) and food (1.4 per cent) sectors achieved price appreciation in the days session. The investors activity was mostly centered on miscellaneous (14.9 per cent), textile (13.4 per cent) and engineering (12.0 per cent) sectors. National Life Insurance topped the turnover chart followed by Standard Ceramic, Daffodil Computer, Prime Bank, Khulna Power, Ring Shine, Sinobangla Industries, Bank Asia, SK Trims and Anlima Yarn. On the other hand, the port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed in green maintaining the gaining streak of previous session. CSCX and CASPI increased by 12.97 points and 22.02 points to stand at 8176.71 points and 13486.41 points respectively. At CSE, a total of 6,849,268 shares and mutual fund of 232 companies were traded, of which 108 issues advanced while 85 declined and 39 issues remained unchanged.