Stocks up on last trading day of 2022

Bangladesh's stock market ended 2022 with a rising trend today.

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose 10 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 6,206.

Stocks continued to drop for the second consecutive day while the turnover rose.

The DS30, the blue-chip index, rose 0.05 per cent to 2,195 while the DSES, the index that represents shariah-based companies, advanced 0.50 per cent to 1,358.

Among the traded companies, 60 advanced, 107 declined and 187 remained the same.

Turnover, an important indicator of the market, hit Tk 345 crore, which was 33 per cent higher than the previous day's Tk 258 crore.

Islami Commercial Insurance posted the highest appreciation, rising 9.76 per cent. Aamra Networks surged 9.59 per cent when Orion Infusion advanced over 8 per cent.

Monno Ceramic Industries suffered the sharpest fall, sliding 1.37 per cent, and Northern Insurance dropped 1 per cent.

Intraco Refueling Station was the most-traded stock with shares worth Tk 17 crore transacted. Bashundhara Paper Mills, Orion Infusio, Genex Infosys and Monno Ceramic Industries also saw significant transactions.

The Caspi, the all-share price index of the CSE, rose 33 points, or 0.18 per cent, to end the day at 18,328.

Of the securities that transacted, 56 advanced, 28 declined, and 94 did not show any price movement.