Stocks closed the week down yesterday with falling trends of all major price indices at Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges as the daily transactions declined amid volatility in large-cap securities, reports BSS. During the week, the daily average trade value declined by over 27 per cent to Tk 435.52 crore and the average trade volume fell by 24.15 per cent to 11.99 crore shares. The broader DSEX of the DSE finished the week with 18.21 points down at 6,230.02. The blue-chip DS30 and Shariah DSES also followed the same trend with 16.89 points down at 2,247.18 and with 12.85 points down at 1,376.58 respectively.

Out of the 338 issues traded on DSE, 141 gained against 170 losing issues. The top five gainers of the week were Fine Foods, Yeakin Polymer, Oimex Electrode, Mercantile Insurance and Legacy Footware.

The major losing issues of the week were Al-Haj Textile Mills, BD Thai Aluminium, Samorita Hospital, Agriculture Marketing Company and SEML IBBL Shariah Fund.

The top five turnover leaders were Islami Bank, Square Pharmaceuticals, Grameen Phone, BD Thai Aluminium and Legacy Footwear.

Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed the week down, with its major CASPI index ending 62.32 points lower at 19,274.22.