Country’s two bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday registered another declining sessions but witnessed a little rise in transactions. DSE’s broader index, DSEX went down by 42 points to stand at 5,179. Besides, the Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same trend with 3.85 points down at 1190 and with 4.42 points down at 1,853. The day’s trade value at DSE rose to Taka 354.04 crore which was Taka 351.08 crore on Thursday while the daily trade stood at 12.69 crore shares. At DSE, out of the day’s 352 securities, prices of 63 securities closed higher against 279 losing issues and 20 issues remained unchanged. The top 10 gainer companies were: SEML FBSL Growth Fund, Fortune, Dhaka Insurance, ML Dying, Premier Cement, ICB AMCL First Agrani Bank Mutual Fund, National Life Insurance, Grameenphone, EBL First Mutual Fund and Bangladesh Auto Cars. The top 10 loser companies were: CAPM BDBL Mutual Fund 01, Prime Finance First Mutual Fund, BIFC, Aramit Cement Limited, Union Capital, International Leasing and Financial Service, ICB Employees Provident Mutual Fund 1, Trust Bank 1st Mutual Fund, Tallu Spinning Mills and MIDAS Financing. At CSE, a total of 270 issues were traded. Of those, 60 closed higher while 194 closed lower when CASPI declined by 91 points to 15,881.
Source – The Independent BD.
