Sunday, November 17, 2024

Foreign investment in stocks almost doubles

Foreign investments in the Dhaka stockmarket almost doubled to Tk 137 crore in July from the previous month, as foreign fund managers and investors considered Bangladesh lucrative for long-term investment. “Foreign investors took up fresh investments buoyed by the fact that most of the fundamentally strong stocks have become lucrative,” said Rakibur Rahman, president of ... Read more

Stocks fall ahead of HC hearing

Dhaka stocks fell on Tuesday as many of the investors went for sell-offs ahead of the High Court hearing of the writ petitions against the Securities and Exchange Commission rule of mandatory shareholding. DGEN, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, lost 0.73 per cent, or 36.94 points, to close the day at 5,020.21 ... Read more

15 new securities enter stockmarket

Fifteen new securities found their way into the stockmarket this year, up from 13 last year, although the market showed clear signs of volatility in 2011 with twin price debacles. Eight equity securities, six mutual funds or investment securities and a convertible bond came to the stockmarket, according to data from Dhaka Stock Exchange. The ... Read more

Stock market stimulus package announced

The Security and Exchange Commission on Wednesday announced the stock market stimulus package which included some immediate steps to the relief  of mostly institutional inventors and pledges for some special schemes for non-institutional investors. The commission chair, M Khairul Hossain, in the afternoon announced a number of steps

Stocks plunge ahead of stimulus announcement

Speculation over non-inclusion of CRR, SLR reduction spread panic Dhaka stocks plunged by 224 points on Wednesday in late panic-driven selling following a rumour in mid-session that the government’s stimulus package which would be announced after trading hours would not include reduction of banks’ cash reserve requirement and statutory liquidity ratio. DGEN, the benchmark general ... Read more

DSE turnover crosses Tk 8b mark

Buoyed by a number of measures to lift the stockmarket, turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange crossed Tk 8 billion on Tuesday, surpassing by a staggering nearly Tk 3 billion transaction of the day before. The bullish run has been continuing for the past couple of days after the bourse authority and the National Board ... Read more