Economic Reporter
After witnessing a slight rise in the previous session, both the stock markets of Dhaka and Chattogram ended in downbeat on Monday. All the indices of both the stock markets declined on this day.
At the same time, the amount of money traded and the share price of most companies decreased.
On Monday, the key index of Dhaka stock exchange (DSE) DSEX declined by 32 points to settle at 4,762 points. Among other indices of the DSE, the Shariah Index (DSES) decreased by 3 points and DSE-30 index, comprising blue chips, dropped by 5 points to finish at 1,104 and 1,646 points respectively.
Shares and units of 729.36 crore taka were traded on the DSE on Monday.
Losers took lead over gainers as out of the 354 issues traded, 89 gained, 232 fell while 33 remained unchanged.
The top 10 gainers were Express Insurance, NCCBL Mutual Find, Queen South Tex, Miracle Industries, SEML LEC Management Fund, CAMP IBBL Mutual Fund, CAPM BDBL Mutual Fund 1, Eastern Cables, Kay and Que and Ambee Pharma.
Beximco Limited topped the turnover chart followed by Beximco Pharma, Grameenphone, Orion Pharma, IFIC, LafargeHolcim Bangladesh, BATBC, Square Pharma, Brac Bank and Baraka Power.
The top ten losers were Family Tex, First Finance, Dacca Dyeing, Tung Hai Knitting, Apollo Ishpat, Shinepukur Ceramics, Generation Next, Asia Pacific General Insurance, Keya Cosmetics and AB Bank.
On the other hand, the key index of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) CASPI decreased by 83 points to 13,582 points on Monday. Shares and units worth of Tk 30.19 crore were traded at the CSE.
Among the 256 issues traded during the day, 60 gained, 162 declined and 34 remained unchanged.
