DSEX, the general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) returned to the black zone on Tuesday after witnessing fall in the past two days.
The broad-based index finished marginally higher at 4672.63 when shares of 164 companies advanced moderately on relatively higher buying by some investors who were also active in booking shares of blue-chips issues at the beginning of the week.
Textile, engineering, food, mutual fund and real estate were among the day’s top 10 gainers at their closing price.
The shares of 86 companies fell on the day on selling pressure. The blue-chip Singer Bangladesh incurred over 17.0 percent loss on the day when some investors sold out its 6.81 lakh shares on post-record date trading.
Pubali Bank also lost over 8.0 percent with transaction of 3.54 shares. Other major losers included issues from cement, insurance, tannery and cement sectors.
Shares of 38 companies remained static among the day’s traded 270 issues. The losing issues drove the blue-chips DS30 and the Shariah DSES slightly down at 1681.23 and 1011.70 accordingly.
The daily transactions were also very slim when the volume and the value came down to 5.6 crore shares and Taka 336 crore respectively against Monday’s 7.65 crore shares worth Taka 401 crore.
