Bourses continue flying

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Economic Reporter :
Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued its upbeat riding on heavy buying pressure from enthusiastic investors in sector-specific issues.
The broad index, DSEX closed at 4768.13 points on Monday with a gain of 33.98 points or 0.71 percent.
Besides, two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and Shariah index, DSES also went up by 6.68 points and 7.95 points to settle at 1599.00 points and 1083.69 points respectively.
On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 221,329 trades were executed in the day’s trading session with a trading volume of 382.38 million securities.
Gainers took a strong lead over losers as out of 355 issues traded, 195 securities gained price while 128 declined and 32 remained unchanged.
Market turnover, a crucial indicator, stood at Taka 9.76 billion on the country’s premier bourse, climbing further by 7 percent over previous day’s mark of Taka 9.16 billion.
The top 10 gainers were Rupali Life Insurance, Prime Life Insurance, Metro Spinning, Meghna Life Insurance, Aftab Automobiles, Golden Harvest, Popular Life Insurance, Fareast Islami Life Insurance, Saiham Textile and Western Marine Shipyard.
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