Retailers trade at Dhaka Stock Exchange office. BBN file photo
Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed marginal gain on Tuesday after volatile trading as investors were active on both sides of trading fence amid ongoing earnings and dividend declaration session.
Brokers said the optimistic investors showed their buying appetite on some large-cap shares while cautious investors sold sector-wise issues, helping the key index above 6,000-mark once again.
The market witnessed extreme volatility in the first hour of trading.
But rest of the session went up steadily, finally ended more than 23 points higher.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), which replaced the DGEN in four-and-a-half-year back, settled at 6,019 points, after advancing 23.34 points or 0.38 percent over the previous session.
The two other indices also edged higher.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips advanced 5.22 points or 0.24 per cent to finish at 2,168.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) rose 5.72 points or 0.43 per cent to close at 1,316.
The trading activities remained low as total turnover on DSE amounting to BDT 5.37 billion, which was 5.29 per cent higher than the previous day’s BDT 5.10 billion.
The gainers took a strong lead over the losers as out of 330 issues traded, 198 closed higher, 93 closed lower and 39 remained unchanged on the DSE floor.
LankaBangla Finance emerged as turnover leader with about 4.89 million shares of BDT 314 million changing hands, followed by BBS Cables, Brac Bank, Aamra Networks and City Bank.
Salvo Chemicals was the highest gainer for the two consecutive sessions, posting a 9.17 percent gain, while Social Islami Bank was the worst loser, plunging by 7.67 percent following the news of its major changes in its board and top management.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), also edged higher with its Selective Categories Index – CSCX – advancing by 43 points to settle at 11,272.
Gainers beat losers as 154 issues closed higher, 65 closed lower and 19 remained unchanged on the CSE.
The port city bourse traded 15.98 million shares and mutual fund units’ worth BDT 657 million in turnover.
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