Index falls in Dhaka, market upbeat in Chattogram
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Trading on the capital market ended amid a rise and fall of the indices on Thursday (1 October), the last working day of the week. On the day, the index fell on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s premier bourse, but rose on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).
This information was learnt from DSE and CSE sources.
Market analysis shows that DSEX, the DSE’s benchmark price index, fell by 18 points on Thursday to stand at 5,531 points.
Of the other two indices, the Shariah index fell by 2 points and the DSE-30 index by 4 points to stand at 1,100 and 2,103 points respectively. On the day, shares and mutual funds worth Tk 723.11 crore were traded on the DSE, which is Tk 24 crore more than on the previous working day.
On the previous day, shares and mutual funds worth Tk 699.11 crore were traded on the DSE.
On Thursday, units of 385 companies and mutual funds were traded on the DSE.
Of these, the prices of 85 companies rose, 242 fell and the prices of shares and mutual fund units of 58 companies remained unchanged.
The 10 companies that topped the turnover chart on the day are IPDC, Malek Spinning, Paramount Textile, Saiham Textile, Sharp Industries, Dominage Steel, Saiham Cotton, Evince Textiles, Envoy Textiles and Argon Denims.
On the other hand, CASPI, the all-share index of the Chittagong Stock Exchange, rose by 17 points to stand at 14,831 points. Of the 188 issues that changed hands on the CSE on the day, the prices of 71 rose, 84 fell and 33 remained unchanged.
On Thursday, shares and units worth Tk 15.77 crore were traded on the CSE, which is Tk 31 crore less than on the previous day. On the previous day, shares and mutual funds worth Tk 46.86 crore were traded on the CSE.