Downward trend in stock market indices, turnover at Tk 545 crore
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Indices fell on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s premier stock market, on the first working day of the week. Alongside this, turnover declined to stand at Tk 545 crore 27 lakh 68,308.
Today (Sunday), a total of 204,341,869 shares and mutual fund units of 389 companies were traded on the DSE through 178,103 trades. Among the companies that took part in trading, the share prices of 20 rose, those of 348 fell and the prices of 21 companies remained unchanged.
Compared to the previous day, the DSE’s key index DSEX fell by 103.64 points to stand at 5,558.45 points. At the same time, the DSE-30 index declined by 24.54 points to 2,116.20 points and the DSES Shariah index dropped by 22.65 points to 1,115.36 points.
The top 10 companies in terms of turnover today are – Sharp Industries, Domeq Spinning, Paramount Textile, Saiham Textile, Saiham Cotton, Texmaco Pharmaceuticals, Doreen Power, Evoy Textiles, Taufika Foods and Genex Insurance.
The 10 companies at the top of the gainers’ list are – NLI First Mutual Fund, Ibn Sina Pharmaceuticals, Excel Insurance, AIBL First Islamic Mutual Fund, SIBL Mutual Fund, Phoenix Finance First Mutual Fund, IFIC First Mutual Fund, Advent Pharma, Southeast Bank and Evoy Textiles.
On the other hand, the 10 companies at the top of the losers’ list are – Alif Manufacturing, Sonargaon Textile, Doreen Power, Saiham Textile, Sharp Industries, Sonali Life Insurance, Sikder Polytech Industries, Alif Technologies, Meghna Petroleum and Information Services Network.