Stocks fluctuated yesterday before settled in the negative zone as the investors went for selling shares to pocket profit. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DGEN, shed 14 points or 0.22 percent to end at 6,627. On the port city’s bourse, the selective categories index, CSCX, the main yardstick
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Stocks rise for seventh day
Stocks gained for a seventh day as investors went on a buying spree to cash in on the lower price earnings ratio of individual sectors. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DGEN, rose 48 points or 0.78 percent to 6,562. On the port city’s bourse, the selective categories index of Chittagong Stock Exchange, ... Read more
Stocks gain for sixth day
Stocks gained for a sixth day as buyers went on a buying spree as the market has been showing signs of recovery for the last few days. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DGEN, went up 56 points or 0.87 percent, to end the day at 6,514
Stock turnover hits six-month high
Stocks gained for a fourth day with a high turnover as investors went for fresh buying of shares hopping that the market will gain gradually despite a 30-hour countrywide shutdown. The turnover on the premier bourse rose to Tk 1,646 crore, a six-month high. That was a 22.1 percent rise from the previous day’s Tk ... Read more
Banking Division offers recipe for stockmarket
The Banking Division of the finance ministry has recommended 11 steps to the government as measures to curb stockmarket manipulation. The recommendations were based on a review of a report submitted by a stockmarket probe committee. According to the Banking Division, a law should be in place to regulate the issue of preference
Stock efforts fall apart
6 brokers’ trading suspended for 30 days on market volatility charges; top bosses stripped of responsibilities; book-building system on hold; markets closed on Sunday The share index breaker failed to prevent a free fall in prices on the Dhaka and the Chittagong stock exchanges yesterday. The Dhaka stock index had nosedived 600 points before the ... Read more