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65,400 Titas Gas shares traded on second day

Petrobangla re-fixes selling price at Tk 500

Star Business Report
A total of65,400 of shares of the state-run Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company were offloaded yesterday on the second day of the company's stock exchange debut.
However, market operators praised the owners of the company for embarking on the proceeding.
"It is a good sign that the owners have changed their approach and started offloading of shares at the market price,” said Saiful Alam, senior vice-president of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
On the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges 65,400 ofthe company's shares were offloaded yesterday.
Opening price of Titas shares stood at Tk 257.50, while its closing price was Tk 386 on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) as well as Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).
A total of 59,000 shares of Titas, worth Tk 2.28 crore, were sold on the DSE, while 6,400 shares of the company, worth
Tk 24.7 lakh, were sold on the CSE yesterday.
Earlier on Wednesday, on debut of the company's trading, none of its shares was offloaded, as the owners including majority stakeholder Petrobangla desired higherprices.
Petrobangla set a selling price of Tk 750 for each Titas share on Wednesday, while the buyers opted for Tk 520 per share as their highest offer.
However, Petrobangla yesterday re-fixed the selling price of the shares at Tk 500 each. But, no investor accepted the price, offering no more than Tk 390 per share.
Just 10 minutes before closing, the Petrobangla hoisted the green signal to let the sell-ing agent Investment Corporation of Bangladesh to sell the shares at the market prices.
Earlier, the government decided to sell 20 percent or Tk 214 crore worth of shares of Titas Gas to the public through stock exchanges.
The state-run gas company has joined the country's two bourses under direct listing
rules.
The company will offload shares worth Tk 214.11 crore, which is 20 percent of its paid up capital of Tk 856.47 crore. The face value of each Titas share is fixed at Tk 100.
Meanwhile, price indices on the DSE fell yesterday. The DSE General Index declined byl0.09 points, or0.33 percent, to 3019.14 points, while the DSE All Share Price Index fell by 14.82 points, or 0.56 percent, to 2588 points.
A total of 2,38,75,376 shares worth Tk 277.41 crore changed hands. Of the issues traded, 110 advanced and 107 declined with five unchanged.
Like the premier bourse, prices on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also fell yesterday. The CSE Selective Categories Index fell by 0.38 percent to 5904.11 points, while the CSE All Share Price Index declined by 0.37 percent to 9112.22 points.
A total of 53,33,214 shares worth Tk 39.19 crore changed hands. Of the issues traded, 62 advanced and 76 declined with five unchanged.