Share prices continue to surge on DSE

FE Team | Published: September 24, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

FE Report
The stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to surge for the third consecutive day Sunday, after the week-end holidays, due to buying spree by the investors.
Market operators said the prices of the shares on the DSE have been maintaining an upward trend mainly due to injection of fresh fund after the profit taking.
On the day, the prices of most of the shares of banking, insurance, mutual fund and power sectors gained although the total turnover declined slightly compared with the previous session due to thin trading.
On the day, DSE General Index (DGEN), All Shares Price Index (DSI) and DSE-20 Index (DS20) gained 37.049 points, 30.702 points and 18.107 points to close at 2591.049, 2147.131 and 2063.898 respectively.
The total turnover declined to Tk 1.514 billion from its previous Tk 1.766 billion, Thursday last. The total market capitalisation rose to Tk 606.671 billion from its previous Tk 599.489 billion Thursday last.
Out of 181 traded issues, prices of 99 gained, 70 declined and 12 remained unchanged on the day.
BRAC Bank was the turnover leader with traded shares worth Tk 201.713 million followed by AIMS Mutual Fund Tk 115.703 million, Prime Bank 95.230 million, Power Grid Tk 73.323 million, Southeast Bank Tk 70.029 million, AB Bank Tk 65.274 million, Summit Power Tk 57.229 million, ACI Tk 44.182 million and Grameen One Mutual Fund Tk 38.260 million.
Prices of BRAC Bank gained 6.49 per cent to Tk 1332.50, AIMS 15.64 per cent to Tk 7.54, Prime Bank 1.94 per cent to Tk 825.50, Power Grid 0.86 per cent to Tk 642.75, AB Bank 3.56 per cent to Tk 2387.25, UCBL 3.33 per cent to Tk 4696.00, ACI 10.66 per cent to Tk 154.60 and Grameen One 2.80 per cent to Tk 58.70.
Southeast Bank declined 0.09 per cent to Tk 526.00 and Summit Power 0.18 per cent to Tk 1465.75.