Stocks ended the week yesterday upward with rising trend of major price indices at Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges on higher transactions, reports BSS. The daily average trade value at DSE was 6.28 per cent up at Tk 605.52 crore and the trade volume was 26.40 per cent up at 17.68 crore shares.

The broader DSEX of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the week with 80.76 points up at 6,099.02. The blue-chip DS30 and Shariah DSES also closed the week with 27.57 points up at 2,201.46 and with 12.63 points up at 1,329.11.

Out of the 337 traded securities, 192 closed higher against 127 losing issues when 17 remained unchanged.

During the week, the top five gainers were Salvo Chemical Industry, Dragon Sweater and Spinning, Intech Limited, Keya Cosmetics and National Bank.

The five major losing companies included Hakkani Pulp and Paper, Desh Garments, Rangpur Foundry, Safko Spinnings and Wata Chemicals.

The top five turnover leaders were Lanka Bangla Finance, BRAC Bank, City Bank, Exim Bank and BBS Cables.

Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed the week up, with its major CASPI index ending 313.68 points higher at 18,911.64.

Like DSE, most of the issues traded here closed higher when both the trade value and volume of shares increased.