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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– Bangladesh’s stocks ended almost flat on Sunday after choppy trading as investors were active both sides of trading fence ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Brokers said the some investors sold shares while some were active on sector-wise stocks, taking the market in the flat zone.

After witnessing volatility almost throughout the trading session, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), saw a fractional gain of 0.18 point to settle at 5,407 points.

However, two other indices ended lower. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 0.63 points to finish at 1,892 points and the DSE Shariah Index lost 9.88 points to close at 1,235.

Turnover, an important indicator of the market, crossed BDT 8.0 billion-mark and the total turnover stood at BDT 8.18 billion, which was 16 percent higher than the previous day’s BDT 7.03 billion.

Of the 337 issues traded on the DSE trading floor, 209 declined, 95 advanced and 33 issues remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.

A total number of 160,661 trades were executed in the day’s trading session with trading volume of 250.88 million securities.

The market capitalisation of the DSE stood at BDT 3,825 billion on the day which was BDT 3,848 billion in the previous session.

BBS Cables dominated the turnover chart with 3.08 million shares worth BDT 367 million changing hands, followed by Saiham Textile, Shepherd Industries, IFAD Autos and Simtex Industries.

Shepherd Industries was the day’s best performer, posting a gain of 9.77 percent while Savar Refractories was the worst performer, losing 9.87 percent.

The port city bourse CSE closed slightly lower with its CSE All Share Price Index – CASPI –losing 5.83 points to settle at 16,624 and the Selective Categories Index – CSCX – shedding 2.76 points to finish at 10,065.

The losers beat gainers 143 issues closed lower, 86 ended higher, with 18 issues remained unchanged on the CSE.
The port city bourse traded 13.81 million shares and mutual fund units worth more than BDT 465 million in turnover.

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