Bourses rebound after single-day halt

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Economic Reporter :
Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) bounced back on Wednesday after a single-day halt as investors demonstrated their buying appetite on sector-specific shares.
The broad index, DSEX closed at 4758.00 points on the day with a gain of 17.60 points or 0.37 percent.
Besides, two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and Shariah index, DSES also went up by 8.68 points and 5.67 points to settle at 1599.55 points and 1087.01 points respectively.
On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 198,135 trades were executed in the day’s trading session with a trading volume of 291.25 million securities.
Market turnover, the crucial indicator, stood at Taka 8.37 billion, declined by 18 percent over previous day’s 13 months’ highest mark of Taka 10.21 billion.
Loser took a lead over gainers as out of 356 issues traded, 143 securities gained price while 180 declined and 33 remained unchanged.
The top 10 gainers were ICB AMCL 3rd NRB Mutual Fund, BSRM Steel, Hakkani Pulp, BSRM Limited, Global Heavy Chemicals, Alif Industries, IFIL Islamic Mutual Fund 1, Prime Bank First ICB Mutual Fund, Regent Textile and Kohinur Chemicals.
Summit Power topped the turnover chart followed by Orion Pharma, LafargeHolcim Bangladesh, Khulna Power, SK Trims, Grameenphone, National Tubes, Dorin Power, Beximco Limited and Golden Harvest.
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