DSE stocks bounce back

FE Team | Published: June 29, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

FE Report
Stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) bounced back Thursday, the last trading day of the week, though the turnover continued to decline.
The total turnover declined to Tk 1.342 billion (134.2 crore) from Tk 1.581 billion of the previous day.
The total market capitalisation rose to Tk 475.855 billion from Tk 473.414 billion of the previous day.
In Thursday's trading, DSE General Index (DGEN), All Shares Price Index (DSI) and DSE-20 Index (DS20) gained by 17.525 points, 10.883 points and 9.298 points to close at 2149.317, 1764.182 and 1882.088 respectively.
Out of 204 traded issues, prices of 114 gained, 63 declined and 27 remained unchanged on the day.
Power Grid was the turnover leader with traded issues worth Tk 86.288 million followed by BRAC Bank with Tk 70.451 million, Heidelberg Cement with Tk 66.271 million, Desco with Tk 65.256 million, Grameen One with Tk 62.050 million, Pubali Bank with Tk 61.875 million, Southeast Bank with Tk 55.540 million, AIMS First Mutual Fund with Tk 51.630 million, UCBL with Tk 44.552 million and Shahjalal Bank with Tk 43.599 million.
Prices of Power Grid shares gained by 0.30 per cent to close at Tk 584.50 each, BRAC Bank gained by 1.09 per cent to close at Tk 760.00 while Heidelberg Cement rose by 5.73 per cent to Tk 1147.00, Desco by 3.63 per cent to Tk 954.50, Grameen One by 6.56 per cent to Tk 48.70, Pubali Bank by 0.72 per cent to Tk 768.50, Southeast Bank by 0.36 per cent to Tk 487.50, AIMS by 5.56 per cent to Tk 4.74 and UCBL by 3.85 to Tk 2716.75. Prices of Shahjalal Bank shares declined by 0.53 per cent to Tk 234.00 each on the day.
However, trading of shares on both bourses of the country-DSE and CSE (Chittagong Stock Exchange)-will remain closed for three consecutive days starting from today (Friday). Of the three days, Friday and Saturday are the weekend while Sunday, which is the first day of the new fiscal year, is a bank holiday.