Business Report :
The stock ended 36 points up in the premier bourse on Sunday, breaking a three consecutive days losing streak.
The investors’ enthusiasm sustained, as the institutional investors were putting fresh stakes on large-cap stocks amid high hopes, market insiders said.
The DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up 35.68 points to settle at 5,697.
Before Sunday, the DSEX was down for straight three sessions. Within three trading days, it has lost 66 points or 1.15 per cent to the index.
The majority of the stocks saw a price rise, as out of the 390 issues traded, 196 closed higher, 159 ended lower and 35 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.
Asiatic Laboratories Limited became the most-traded stock with shares worth Tk 470 million changing hands, followed by Best Holdings Limited, Navana Pharmaceuticals PLC, Golden Son Ltd., Far East Knitting & Dyeing Industries Limited and eGeneration Limited.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) ended higher with its All Share Price Index (CASPI) rising 98 points to settle at 16,330 and the Selective Categories Index (CSCX) gaining 62 points to 9833.
The port city bourse traded 5.8 million shares and mutual fund units with a turnover volume of Tk 164 million.
