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Stocks rise on SEC meeting

Star Business Report
Dhaka stocks bounced back yesterday will) a jump in prices on speculations about a positive outcome from a meeting among the regulator, merchant banks and authorities of the two bourses.
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday sat with merchant banks and the authorities of Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange to review the situation of the market, which has been in the red for weeks.
The investors were in the positive mood, as they were expecting some good news from the meeting, market insiders said.
There was strong speculation among the investors that the SEC would advise the merchant banks to increase the margin loan ratio, insiders said.
Moreover, huge gains in the banking shares, which hold almost half of the market capitalisation, boosted the index, they said.
At one stage, the benchmark index of die DSE rocketed by around 120 points. When the meeting was ended around 1 pm, the investors got the news that no major initiatives such as increasing the margin loan ratio was taken at the meeting, die market started falling.
However, the DSE General Index closed 86.6 points, or 3.28 percent, higher at 2,720.42 points from the previous day's* closings. The DSE All Share Price Index also jumped 68.35 points, or 3.12 percent, to 2,253.81 points.
Most securities traded up on die premier bourse. Of the 228 traded issues, 192 advanced, 30 declined and six ended unchanged.
A total of 1,19,96,210 shares worth Tk 211.23 crore changed hands on die DSE. Market capitalisation rose to Tk 97,605.23 crore from the previous day'sTk95,283.36 crore.
The market maintained a bullish behaviour for most of the day. In the opening 45 minutes, the DGEN gained close to 70 points. It later slowed down a little and dropped about 20 points in the next 30 minutes.
The market recovered the loss in the next 60 minutes.
There was a sharp increase as the index gained almost 55 points' in the next 30 minutes. This was followed by a drop in the index when it lost about 16-17 points.
Then die market stabilised a bit followed by a late jump. By the close of trading, the market gained over 86 points in the previous day.
Beximco Pharma topped the turnover leaders with 12,24,600 traded shares worth Tk 19.34 crore. The other turnover leaders for the day were Uttara Bank, Titas Gas, Beximco, LankaBangla Finance, AB Bank, Islami Bank, ACI, Square Pharma and National Bank.
Chittagong stocks also marked a sharp rise yesterday. The CSE Selective Categories Index went up 169.35 points, or 3.22 percent, to 5,426.05 points. The CSE All Share Price Index shot up 235.6 points, or 2.9 percent, to 8,347.29 points.
A total of 29,51,588 shares worth Tk 38.64 crore changed hands on the port city bourse. Of the 130 traded securities, 102 advanced and 22 declined, with six finishing unchanged.