Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The call money rate remained unchanged on Tuesday while Bangladesh Taka (BDT) depreciated further against the US dollar in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, officials said.

The call rate ranged between 5.75 per cent and 8.50 per cent on the day unchanged from the previous level. But most of the deals were made at rates between 6.50 per cent and 7.25 per cent on the day, market operators said.

On the other hand, the banks quoted the dollar signal rate at BDT 77.72-BDT77.77 on the day against BDT 77.72 of the previous level.
The rate of greenback for BC (bills for collection) selling at customer came down to maximum BDT 79.10 on Tuesday from BDT 79.20 of the previous working, they added.

Bangladesh’s stocks rose sharply for the second running session on Tuesday with turnover value improved slightly as optimistic investors took position on large cap stocks.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), crossed the 4,900-mark after nine sessions and ended at 4,932.89 points, gaining 64.24 points or 1.31 percent from previous session.

The port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), also saw sharp gain with its Selective Categories Index – CSCX – gained 89.32 points to close at 9,249.27 points.

                                            Daily Indicators
                                                       Latest                  Previous
Inter-bank US$-BDT rate                  77.72-77.77                        77.72
Inter-bank call money rate                5.75 – 8.25                  5.75 – 8.25
Call turnover (in billion)                     61.23                         61. 35
DIBOR                                              7.0492                          7.0978
ALS (in billion)                                  0.76                             3.81  
Forex reserve (in billion)                   $21.67                        $21.56
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BBN/SSR/AD-03Dec14-7:52 am (BST)