Stock markets rose marginally on Sunday when the broader price indices of the country’s twin bourses closed the week’s opening session up.
The DSEX index at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended on Thursday slightly down, but showed a recovery trend on Sunday, with finishing the day 9.78 points up at 5,635.11. Similarly, the Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 ended flat at 1,312.08 and 2037.35 points respectively. The trade value at DSE increased to Taka 13,931.91 crore from the previous session Taka 13,331.52 crore while the trade volume also rose to 37.50 crore from 34.02 crore shares on Thursday trading.
Out of the 328 issues traded on DSE, 126 gained against 160 losing issues.
The five major gaining companies were Mercantile Bank, Islami Bank, GSP Finance, Reliance Insurance and IPDC. The five major losing companies were Titas Gas, Imam Button, HR Tex, Central Insurance and Zeal Bangla.
The top five turnover leaders were Active Fine, Islami Bank, Titas Gas, Lanka Bangla Finance and Baraka Power. Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed the week up, with its major CASPI index ending 18.45 points higher at 17,437.06.
Some 28 lakh shares changed hands at CSE for Taka 90.93 crore when 98 issues closed up and 122 lower.
