Economic Reporter :
Stocks saw upward trends on Tuesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges rose with higher activities of some large-cap securities despite lower transactions.
The rising major sectors were foods and allied, ceramics, financial institutions and textile. A total of 194 large cap securities moved up on higher activities. The broader DSEX index of the DSE closed the session with 40.27 points up at 6,133.23.
The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same trend with 6.55 points up at 1,341.53 and with 4.86 points up at 2,181.68.
Due to the “World Investor Week-2017” from October 2, investors are increasing their concentration over the market activities which has taken the price indices upward, Azam Securities Limited Managing Director Ahmed Kabir Majumder told the media here on Tuesday.
For creating awareness in the investor week, the investors are investing in the market through properly observing the company’s overall activities, he added.