Stocks open week down

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Economic Reporter :
Stocks opened week down as major sectors closing
the session with falling trend at both the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges on Sunday.
Among the falling major sectors in DSE were steel and jute when 202 securities incurred loss due to lower activities. Insurance sector, however, advanced marginally at the day’s closing.
The broader DSEX index of DSE finished the first session of the week 25.10 points down at 4698.63. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 followed it by 8.97 points down at 1122.42 and 22.34 points down at 1762.25 respectively.
The daily turnover in value at DSE was Taka 559.29 crore when the volume traded shares was 18.21 crore.
Among the traded 324 issues at DSE, 83 closed higher against 202 losing issues while 39 remained unchanged.
At CSE, 240 issues traded while 152 closed lower against 69 closed higher.
The top ten gaining companies in DSE were Bangladesh National Insurance, Standard Ceramics, Monno Stafflers, Standard Insurance, Deshbandhu Polymer, Style Craft, Standard Bank, Global Insurance, First Prime Insurance Mutual Fund and EXIM Bank.
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