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Dhaka stocks finish up

Star Business Report
Dhaka stocks started (he week margin ally up yesterday with turnover swinging back to a two-month high.
The total turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange was Tk 422.48 crore, the highest since December 30 last year when the bourse recorded Tk 430.95 crore.
The benchmark index of the pre mier bourse, DSE General Index, rose by 5.09 points, or 0.19 percent, to reach 2,604.17. The DSE /Ml Share Price Index increased by 6.19 points, or 0.28 percent, to 2,168.00
Analysts said the fuel and power sector shares that gained significantly yesterday, led the market to close upbeat.
In the fuel and power sectors, Meghna Petroleum jumped by 13.06 percent, Padma Oil by 11.88 percent, Jamuna Oil by 8.1 percent. Dhaka Electric Supply Company by 3.79 per
cent. Power Grid Company of Bangladesh by 1.88 percent and Titas Gas by 0.72 percent.
Summit Power however lost 1.03 percent, according to DSE statistics.
The retail investors were also influenced by the trade of some small market capitalisation companies, such as Golden Son, Aramit Cement and some textile companies, which mostly undertook speculative trading, Equity Partners Limited, an investment bank, said in an analysis.
"The market was in a stable position and everyone expects such stability," said Mahmudul Bari, assistant general manager of IDLC Finance.
Most securities traded up on the DSE. Of the 269 traded issues, 176 advanced, 88 declined and five remained unchanged. A total of 3.10,04,039 shares changed hands.
Beximco Pharma topped the turn over leaders on the DSE, with 12,20,100 shares traded worth Tk 19.32 crore. The
other turnover leaders were British-American Tobacco, Golden Son, Shtncpukur Ceramics, Beximco, Jamuna Oil, Titas Gas, Eastern Housing, Quasem Drycells and Atlas Bangladesh.
On the Chittagong Stock Exchange, the CSE Selective Categories Index rose 18.18 points, or 0.35 percent, to 5,142.41. The CSE All Share Price Index also gained 33.66 points, or 0.42 percent, to 7,975.19.
A total of 50,19.413 shares worth Tk 50.14 crore changed hands on the port city bourse. Of the 171 traded scrips, 108 advanced, 62 declined and one remained unchanged.
Meghna Petroleum topped the turnover leaders on the CSE with 2,41,200 traded shares worth Tk 3.53 crore. The other turnover leaders were Beximco, Shinepukur Ceramics, Jamuna Oil, British-American Tobacco, Beximco Pharma, Eastern Housing, Uttara Bank, Golden Son and AB Bank.