The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has restructured two price indices and included 87 companies, including 13 banks, to the benchmark index DSEX and dropped 14 others from it.
With the latest development, the current number of listed firms on the index rose to 326, said a press release issued on Sunday (January 12).
The other newly companies include -- Walton Hi-Tech Industries, Prime Bank, Kohinoor Chemicals Company (Bangladesh), Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries, MJL Bangladesh, LankaBangla Finance, Padma Oil, IDLC Finance, and Bangladesh Submarine Cables.
Besides, the premier bourse also removed nine firms, including Beximco Limited and the Islami Bank Bangladesh, from its blue-chip index DS30, it added.
The other removed firms are Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh, Sea Pearl, Paramount Textile, Genex Infosys, Orion Pharma, Linde Bangladesh, Summit Power.
The release read that in accordance with the index methodology, the Index Committee of the DSE has completed the annual rebalancing of the DSEX, which will be effective from January 19.
Meanwhile, in January 2024, the DSE had removed 15 banks and 68 other companies from the DSEX, as the firms failed to comply with the premier bourse's requirements.
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