DSEX crosses 4800-point mark again

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BSS, Dhaka :
The broader price index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed 4800-point mark again when the trading began in bullish mood and maintained the trend to the end of the session.
DSEX finished the day 9.71 points higher at 4802.02, with the blue-chip DS30 and the Shariah DSES ended the day positive at 1885.90 and 1192.71 respectively.
Market analysts attributed the marginal recovery to higher activities on the market fueled by some positive earnings news that came to the bourse during trading hours. The daily trade value was 28.05 percent up to Taka 806.53 crore when the trade volume went up by 19.78 percent to 19.46 crore shares.
The higher activities also resulted in price rise in 129 securities though the number of losing issues were 148 as selling pressure mounted during the later part of the session.
Investors were mostly active around securities of multinational, pharmaceuticals and construction companies when bank, pharmaceuticals, textile and engineering were the major gaining sectors. Cement, NBFI and telecom sectors were down because of their slack demands against higher selling.
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