Stocks witness flat on lower transactions

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Economic Reporter :
Stock markets witnessed flat on Sunday when daily transactions declined on lower demand.
The day’s trade value at the DSE declined to Taka 353.64 crore from Thursday’s Taka 462.86 crore and the daily trade fell to 8.93 crore shares from 11.61 crore shares of the previous session.
The broader DSEX index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the day with 16.46 points up at 5,281.78. The blue-chip DS30 and the Shariah DSES also followed the same trend with 8.64 points up at 1,850.75 and with 4.49 points up at 1,213.86.
At the DSE, prices of 118 securities out of the day’s 343 closed higher against 184 losing issues.
The major gaining issues were QUASEMIND, BD Auto Cars, KPCL, Legacy Foot and Fine Foods. The major losing issues were EBL1STMF, Agrani Insurance, Prime Insurance, Prime Life and Ambee Pharma.
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