Bangladesh’s stocks close lower

Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks returned to the red on Wednesday with lower turnover as the investor booked marginal profit.

DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,590.14 points, shedding 16.60 points or 0.36 percent.

The DS30, comprising blue chips lost 10.55 points or 0.55 percent to close at 1,692.75 points.

The DSE Index (DSES) went down by 3.54 points or 0.34 percent to close at 1,032.92 points.

Turnover value on the DSE stood at BDT 5.30 billion, registering 3.10 per cent decline over the previous day’s value.

The losers took a marginal lead over the gainers as out of 285 issues traded, 146 declined, 106 advanced and 33 issues closed unchanged on the DSE floor.

The port city bourse – Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed lower with its Selective Categories Index-CSCX lost 59.57 points to stand at 8,832.98 points.

Losers beat gainers 137 to 56, with 20 issues remaining unchanged at the port city bourse that traded 7.20 million shares and mutual fund units, turnover value of BDT 359.20 million.

BBN/ANS/AD/16Apr14-4:00 pm (BST)

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