Stocks open week up on large-cap vibe

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Economic Reporter :
Stocks opened week up on Sunday with all the indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges finishing upwards on higher activities of large-cap securities despite lower transactions. The rising major sectors were textile, insurance and fuel and power. A total of 143 securities moved up due to higher activities. The broader DSEX of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) finished the day with 26.07 points up at 5,368.96. The two selective indices- DS30 and DSES- were also marginally up at 1,889.71 points and 1,239.07 points respectively. Majority of the issues traded on the two bourses closed the day up on moderate demand. Out of the 336 issues traded on DSE, 187 gained against 95 losing issues.
The trade value at DSE decreased to Taka 516.42 crore from the previous session’s Taka 525.34 crore while the trade volume also fell to 11.08 crore from 11.74 crore shares of Thursday trading.
The five major gaining companies were Al Haj Textile, SKTRIMS, Asia Pacific Insurance, INTRACO and Provati Insurance while the five major losing companies were INTECH, National Life Insurance, BSCCL, Mithun Knitting and Fine Foods.
The top five turnover leaders were UPGDCL, KPCL, Ifad Autos, Monno Ceramics and Active Fine.
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