Stocks marginally lower

Stocks closed the week marginally lower yesterday with institutional investors still in a buying mood.
These investors are remaining active in the market, according to an analysis of Equity Partners Limited (EPL), an investment bank.
“This has made the market behaving more rationally,” it said, pointing it out that the market was not moving too much yesterday.
The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSE General Index, slightly fell 5.64 points, or 0.21 percent to 2,599.08. The DSE All Share Price Index also marginally slid 2.28 points, or 0.1 percent to 2,161.8.
Majority of the securities traded up on the premier bourse. Of the 265 traded issues, 153 advanced, 106 declined and six remained unchanged. A total of 2,01,26,702 shares worth Tk 302.14 crore changed hands on the premier bourse.
Banks, fuel and power, pharmaceuticals, services and real estate, cement and tannery sectors ended mixed, while most of the non-banking financial institutions, mutual funds and insurance companies lost.
Beximco Pharma topped the turnover leaders on the DSE with 7,29,300 traded shares worth Tk 11.76 crore. The other turnover leaders were Summit Power, Shinepukur Ceramics, Eastern Housing, Beximco, Aftab Automobiles, Titas Gas, BSRM Steels, Atlas Bangladesh and Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme Two.
On the Chittagong Stock Exchange, the CSE Selective Categories Index declined 13.18 points, or 0.25 percent to 5,124.22. The CSE All Share Price Index also fell 10.34 points, or 0.13 percent to 7,941.53.
A total of 44,56,662 shares worth Tk 43.73 crore changed hands on the port city bourse. Of the 180 traded scrips, 87 advanced, 88 declined and five remained unchanged.
Beximco topped the turnover leaders on the CSE with 1,53,400 traded shares worth Tk 2.97 crore. The other turnover leaders were Beximco Pharma, AIMS 1st Mutual Fund, Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme Two, Eastern Housing, Shinepukur Ceramics, BSRM Steels, Lafarge Surma Cement, Titas Gas and AB Bank.