Stocks maintain upward trend with higher transaction

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Economic Reporter :
Stocks maintained upward trend on Wednesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions of some large-cap securities.
The rising major sectors included textile, bank and financial institutions. The engineering and food and allied were the major lagging sectors.
The border DSEX index of Dhaka Stock Exchange closed the day with 11.45 points up at 5736.31. The Shariah DSES and the blue-Chip DS30 also followed the same trend with one point up at 1301.43 and 11.22 points up at 2077.13.
The day’s trade value at DSE increased to Taka 1290.38 crore from Tuesday’s Taka 1263 crore. But the daily trade declined to 43.39 crore shares from 43.93 crore shares of the previous session.
At DSE, out of the day’s 329 securities, prices of 141 securities closed higher against 139 losing issues.
The major gaining issues were Delta Spinning, ICB 3rd NRB, NFML, One Bank and ICB. The major losing issues were Western Marin, Rahima Food, Zeal Bangla, Union Capital and Jute Spinners.
Beximco Limited topped the turnover list followed by AB Bank, City Bank, Islami Bank and One Bank.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) closed the day of the week with upward trend with its major CASPI 41.89 points up at 17,809.02.
CSE, issues traded 267 while 130 closed higher against 106 closed lower when 3.04 crore shares worth Taka 81.05 crore changed hands.
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