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Stock Market Update
Stocks edge up for 2nd running day
Business Correspondent
Published :Wednesday, 20 January, 2016,  Time : 12:00 AM  View Count : 14

All the lead indices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) edged up for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as investors picked up prospective shares, dealers said.
DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), edged up 10.30 points or 0.21 per cent to 4,697.50 while the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, rose 13.74 points or 0.78 per cent to 1,767.29 and the Shariah Index DSE rose 6.28 points or 0.56 per cent to close the day's session at 1,128.25.
At CSE its Selective Categories Index CSCX rose 31.54 points or 0.36 per cent to finish at 8,736.44 as losers beat gainers as 124 issues closed lower, 96 higher and 35 remained unchanged. The port city bourse traded 18.09 million shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 489 million in turnover.
At the DSE the turnover advanced to Tk 7.20 billion, 16.32 per cent up from the previous day's Tk 6.19 billion. The losers, however, took a modest lead over the gainers as out of 325 issues traded, 153 closed lower, 138 higher and 34 issues remained unchanged on the primer bourse.
Emerald Oil Industries dominated the turnover chart for the third straight session with shares worth Tk 292 million changing hands followed by United Power, Alltex Industries, BD Thai Aluminium and IT Consultants.
C&A Textile was the day's best performer, posting a rise of 9.73 per cent while the new mutual fund Vanguard AML BD Finance Mutual Fund One was the worst loser, plunging 9.83 per cent.










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