DHAKA: Trading at countries' twin-bourses --Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – started this week in red zone on Sunday (May 12).
All the large cap sectors showed negative movements except Fuel & Power, NBFI and Textile.
A total of 170 securities of the large-cap group incurred loss due to lower activities.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, lost 1.90 points or 0.03 percent to settle at 5273.92 over the previous session.
The Shariah DSES also followed the same trend with 1.28 points or 0.10 percent down at 1219.02.
And the blue-chip DS30 closed the day with 4.86 points or 0.26 percent up at 1846.48 points.
At the beginning of the day, Index started with a positive trend and gained points irregularly but started falling and lost points for almost the rest of the day.
Turnover, an important indicator of the market, fell to Tk3581.62 million from Thursday’s Tk 3762.22 million on the DSE.
At the DSE, prices of 153 securities out of the day’s 347 closed higher against 150 losing issues while 44 remained unchanged.
The top five gainers at DSE were RNSPIN , OIMEX, AAMRANET, APOLOISPAT and LRGLOBMF1.
The top five losers were DULAMIACOT, ARAMITCEM, UTTARAFIN, EMERALDOIL and BGIC.
Fortune Shoes topped the turnover list followed by Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, Power Grid, Esquire Knit and Oimex.
The port city bourse - CSE - also saw downward trend and CASPI Overall Share Price Index- CASPI-lost 12.64 points to stand at 16,173.90.
Out of the 227 issues traded, 114 gained, 95 declined and 18 issues remained unchanged.
A total of 84.99 lakh shares and mutual fund issues changed hands for Tk. 228.57 million.
BDST: 1731 HRS, MAY 12, 2019
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