Bourses slip after single-day gain
BSS, Dhaka
Countrys premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) slipped yesterday after a single-day gain as cautious investors went on selling on sector-wise large-cap stocks.
The broad index, DSEX closed at 4481.79 points on Wednesday with a loss of 28.97 points or 0.64 per cent.
Besides, two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and Shariah index, DSES also went down by 17.25 points and 5.68 points to settle at 1526.44 points and 1028.71 points respectively.
On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 131,793 trades were executed in yesterdays trading session with a trading volume of 150.70 million securities.
Losers took a strong lead over gainers as out of 355 issues traded, 114 securities gained price while 180 declined and 61 remained unchanged.
The top 10 gainers were KDS Accessories, Oimex Electrode, Mozaffar Hossain Spinning, Makson Spinning, Metro Spinning, Malek Spinning, SEML FBSL Growth Fund, Zaheen Spinning, Nahee Aluminum and Sonargaon Textile.
Lafarge Holcim Bangladesh topped the turnover chart followed by BBS Cables, SK Trims, British American Tobacco, Paramount Textile, BSCCL, ADN Telecom, Grameenphone, VFS Thread and Square Pharma.
The top 10 losers were MI Cement, National Tea, BD Lamps, Standard Ceramics, Shinepukur Ceramics, Reneta, Eastern Cables, Sea Pearl Beach, British American Tobacco and Premier Leasing.
On the other hand, port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed at red from the winning streak of previous day.
CSCX and CASPI declined by 33.28 points and 51.84 points to stand at 8283.48 points and 13663.75 points respectively.
At CSE, a total of 10,813,259 shares and mutual fund of 243 companies were traded, of which 98 issues advanced while 112 declined and 33 issues remained unchanged.
