Bourses resume upsurge

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DHAKA, Jan 28, 2020 (BSS) – Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange
(DSE) closed today resuming upsurge after a single-day halt as investors
opted for bargain hunting on sectors specific small-cap stocks ahead of
upcoming earning disclosure.

The broad index, DSEX closed at 4510.77 points on Tuesday with a gain of
17.75 points or 0.39 percent.

Besides, two selective indices, Blue Chip index, DSE30 and Shariah index,
DSES also went up by 2.67 points and 2.67 points to settle at 1543.69 points
and 1034.39 points respectively.

On the DSE trading floor, a total number of 138,717 trades were executed in
today’s trading session with a trading volume of 152.83 million securities.

Gainers took a strong lead over losers as out of 355 issues traded, 181
securities gained price while 107 declined and 67 remained unchanged.

The top 10 gainers were Coppertech Industries, GBB Power, Dhaka Insurance,
Northern Insurance, Rahim Textile, Khulna Printing, Indo-Bangla
Pharmaceutical, National Polymer, Beacon Pharma and ADN Telecom.

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh topped the turnover chart followed by
Grameenphone, SS Steel, Paramount Textiles, ADN Telecom, Square Pharma, BSC,
Pioneer Insurance and British American Tobacco.

The top 10 losers were SEML FBSL Growth Fund, Dhaka Dying, Zaheen Spinning,
Mercantile Bank First Mutual Fund, SS Steel, ICB Agrani 1st Mutual Fund, SEML
LEC Mutual Fund, ICB Islami Bank, Alif Industries and Midas Finance.

On the other hand, port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also
closed at green from the downbeat of previous day.

CSCX and CASPI hiked by 35.51 points and 59.19 points to stand at 8316.77
points and 13715.60 points respectively.

At CSE, a total of 7,524,437 shares and mutual fund of 233 companies were
traded, of which 114 issues advanced while 81 declined and 38 issues remained
unchanged.