Dhaka stocks hit 7,300 points for first time
The Dhaka stocks edged up marginally yesterday enabling the key index to cross 7,300 points for the first time.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose 5 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 7,302, the highest since its inception in 2013.
Turnover rose 6 per cent to Tk 2,269 crore from Tk 2,135 crore the previous day.
Sea Pearl Beach Resort and Spa topped the gainers' list followed by Unique Hotel, Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, Prime Finance and Dragon Sweater.
Savar Refractories shed mostly in the market that fell 5.62 per cent followed by Bangladesh Monospool Paper and Manufacturing, Renwick Jajneswar, Bangladesh National Insurance, and Desh Garments. At the DSE, 115 stocks rose, 223 declined and 38 remained unchanged.
Stocks of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh traded mostly. Beximco Ltd, Orion Pharmaceuticals, LankaBangla Finance and Dragon Sweater were the other mostly traded stocks.
The Chattogram Stock Exchange, however, fell. The CASPI, the general index of the port city bourse, decreased 11 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 21,323.
Among 313 traded stocks, 108 advanced, 168 fell and 37 remained unchanged.
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