DSE indices fall due to profit-taking


FE Team | Published: June 08, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00


FE Report
The indices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell Thursday, the last trading session of the week mainly due to profit taking by the investors. The prices of shares on the DSE continued rally for a couple of days.
On the Thursday's trading session All Shares Price Index or DSI, DSE-20 Index or DS20 and DSE General Index or DGEN declined by 17.589 points, 9.234 points and 17.814 points to close at 1646.509, 1816.490 and 2006 respectively.
The total turnover fell to Tk 1.400 billion from Tk 1.571 billion (157.1 crore) on the previous day.
Out of 191 traded issues, prices of 55 gained, 111 declined and 25 remained unchanged on the day.
BRAC Bank maintained its position as top turnover leader with traded shares worth Tk 144.374 million followed by Power Grid at Tk 126.083 million, Southeast Bank at Tk 85.941 million, Prime Bank at Tk 80.734 million, Square Pharma at Tk 69.25 million, Premier Bank at Tk 61.480 million, Lafarge Surma Cement at Tk 49.739 million, Arab Bangladesh Bank at Tk 49.689 million, Pubali Bank at Tk 46.151 million and National Bank Limited at Tk 40.893 million.

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