Business Desk :
The Dhaka bourse continued to rise for the last four consecutive days as most of the investors were in a purchasing trend.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose 31 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 7,091.
At the DSE, prices of 152 companies’ stocks increased, 159 fell and 30 remained unchanged.
However, turnover at the DSE fell 3 per cent to Tk 1,461 crore.
Tung Hai Knitting topped the gainers’ list that rose 10 per cent followed by Sena Kalyan Insurance, One Bank, AFC Agro Biotech, and Acme Pesticides.
Beximco Ltd became the most traded stock with shares worth Tk 155 crore changing hands followed by Fortune Shoes, Delta Life Insurance, IFIC Bank, and NRB Commercial Bank.
Kattali Textiles dropped mostly that fell 9.73 per cent, followed by Matin Spinning, Jute Spinners, Saiham Cotton, and Navana CNG.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange was also in an upward trend on Thursday. The CASPI, the main index of the port city bourse, up 81 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 20,723.
Among traded 264 stocks, 130 rose, 108 fell and 26 remained the same.
