Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks extended its gaining streak for seven running sessions on Wednesday with turnover crossing BDT 3 billion mark as investors continued on buying spree defying political unrest.
The market opened with an upward note and sustained till its closure time.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), crossed the 4,800-mark and ended at 4,810.53 points, gaining 23.84 points or 0.49 percent.
The two other indices also ended in green.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips gained 16.69 points or 0.93 percent to close at 1,804.90 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 4.70 points or 0.41 percent to close at 1,145.42 points.
Turnover on DSE crossed BDT 3.0-billion mark and amounted to BDT 3.46 billion, registering an increase of 15.72 percent over the over the previous session’s value of BDT 2.99 billion.
The gainers took a modest lead over the losers out of 309 issues traded.
Of the treaded issues, 165 advanced, 102 declined and 42 remained unchanged on the DSE floor.
Beximco Limited was the most traded stock with shares worth BDT 166.54 million changing hands followed by IFAD Autos, Aamra Technologies, GP and Agni Systems.
Beximco Limited was the day’s top gainer, posting a rise of 9.77 percent while Prime Finance First Mutual Fund was the day’s worst loser, plunging 8.33 percent.
The port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), also closed higher with its Selective Categories Index – CSCX – gained 43.32 points to close at 8,927.60 points.
Gainers beat losers 118 to 87, with 28 issues remaining unchanged at the port city bourse that traded 10.53 million shares and mutual fund units, turnover value of BDT 413.64 million.
BBN/BB/AD-11Feb15-3:20pm (BST)