Stocks rise for second consecutive day
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Stocks continued to rise for the second consecutive day today because of increased participation of institutional investors.
DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), edged up 7 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 6,273.
GQ Ball Pen topped the gainers list that rose 9.97 per cent on the DSE floor followed by Paper Processing & Packaging, Tamijuddin Textiles, Bengal Windsor Thermoplastics and Shinepukur Ceramics.
However, turnover, another important indicator of the market, fell 1 per cent to Tk 1,648 crore today from the previous day.
At the DSE, 166 stocks advanced, 174 fell and 33 remained unchanged.
Stocks of Beximco Ltd was traded highest that worth Tk 119 crore followed Paramount Textiles, IFIC Bank, Power Grid Company, and Sonali Life Insurance.
Tallu Spinning shed mostly that lost 8.13 per cent followed by Sonali Life Insurance, Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company, and Kattali Textiles.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), however, dropped today. The CASPI, the general index of the port city bourse, fell 18 points, or 0.10 per cent, to 18,201.
Among the traded 315 stocks, 139 rose, 143 fell and 33 remained unchanged.
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