Bourses extend gaining streak

Stocks extended gaining streak for another session today with surpass of key index of premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) 4800-mark again, as investors continued their appetite for sector-wise issues.

At DSE, the broad index, DSEX settled at 4827.57 points on Wednesday with a gain of 46.00 points or 0.96 percent.

Among other indices of DSE, Shariah index increased by 12 points and DSE-30 index increased by 19 points to 1,126 and 1,679 points respectively.

Shares and units of Tk 783.70 crore were traded on the DSE on Wednesday.

Of the 358 issues traded, 198 gained, 107 fell while 53 remained unchanged.

The top 10 gainers were Desh Garments, United Insurance, Samata Leather, CAPM BDBL Mutual Fund, Expresses Insurance, Pioneer Insurance, Republic Insurance, VAML BD Mutual Fund-1, Peoples Insurance and CAPM IBBL Mutual Fund.

Beximco Limited topped the turnover chart followed by Beximco Pharma, Square Pharma, Orion Pharma, Singer BD, BATBC, Grameenphone, LafargeHolcim Bangladesh, Express Insurance and IFIC.

The top ten losers were SAFCO Spinning, Salvo Chemicals, Jute Spinning, CNA Tex, Savar Refractroies, Dulamia Cotton, Aramit Cement, Intech Limited, Beacon Pharma and IFIC.

On the other hand, port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also closed trading at green extending the gaining streak in previous session.

CSCX and CASPI rose by 60 points and 99.70 points to stand at 8302.52 points and 13734.42 points respectively.

Among the 267 issues traded during the day, 112 gained, 102 declined and 53 remained unchanged.

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