Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Stocks ended lower Sunday with turnover dropped significantly as the investors remained shaky following trading disruption at opening session on the prime bourses.
Trading was halted on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) at 10:35am Sunday after five minutes of trading following technical glitches. The trading however resumed around 1:15pm and continued till 3:15pm.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,573.56 points, shedding 19.16 points or 0.41 percent from previous session.
The other two indices, however, closed in green. The DS30, comprising blue chips gained 0.2.05 points or 0.12 percent to close at 1,677.68 points.
The DSE Index (DSES) went up by 0.75 points or 0.07 percent to close at 1,020.96 points.
Turnover value on the DSE came down to Tk 2.24 billion, registering 46.66 percent decline over the previous session’s value of Tk 4.20 billion.
The losers took a marginal lead over the gainers as out of 282 issues traded, 186 declined, 68 advanced and 28 issues closed unchanged on the DSE floor.
GrameenPhone (GP) became the top turnover leaders with shares worth Tk 224.67 million changing hands followed by Lafarge Surma Cement, Meghna Petroleum, Heidelberg Cement and Padma Oil.
Prime Insurance was the day’s highest gainer; posting a rise of 6.50 percent while Rupali Insurance was the day’s worst losers, slumping by 9.68 percent.
However, trading on the port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) was on as usual. The Selective Categories Index- CSCX lost 34.67 points to stand at 8,866.02 points.
Losers beat gainers 124 to 56, with 20 issues remaining unchanged at the port city bourse that traded 5.18 million shares and mutual fund units, turnover value of Tk 297.84 million.
BBN/BB/ANS/13Apr14-7:50 pm (BST)
