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DSE turnover hits second highest

Star Business Ri port
turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange yesterday hit the second highest at Tk 588.4 crore, backed by the premier bourse's recent measures to stabilise the market.
The steps include taking the junk shares off the market, creating aware ness among investors for investing on companies with good fundamentals, and fixing a set of recommendations to place them before the authorities concerned for making die stock market more vibrant
“All these measures helped restore the investors' confidence," said AFM Shariful Islam. DSE'schiei executive odicer
He also said both retail and institutional investors were very active, which pulled up die turnover to its second highest.
fhe DSE witnessed the turnover all time high at Tk 590 crore on October 12
last year.
Flice indices however did not move so much, rather closed marginally up. The DSE General Index rose only 6.65 points, or 0.25 percent to 2,654.97. The DSE All Share Price Index also slightly gained 3.42 points, orO. 15 percent to 2,207.72.
Although the turnover has been on the rise, the index has not gained that much relatively, according to an analysis from Equity Partners Limited, an investment bank.
"This indicates that retail investors are switching over to sectors frequently to extract quick profits," it added.
The advancers beat the decliners by 140 to 111. Three scrips however remained unchanged. A total of 3,59,65,078 shares were traded on the prime bourse.
Summit Power topped the turnover leaders with 3,97,850 traded shares worth Tk 40.62 crore. The day's other turnover leaders were Shincpukur
Ceramics, Bcximcu Pharma, Summit Alliance Port, Eastern Housing, Jamuna Oil, Titas Gas, Apex Tannery, Beximcoand LankaBangla finance.
Chittagong stocks also posted a slight rise. TheCSESelective Categories Index gained 17.32 points, or 0.33 pel cent to 5,250.21. I he CSE All Share Price Index increased 23.66 points, or 0.29 percent to 8,137.47.
A total of 61,73,662 shares worth I k 62.62 crore changed hands on the port city bourse. Of the 170 traded securities, 99 advanced, 69 declined and two remained unchanged.
Summit Power topped the turnover leaders on the CSE with 41,550 traded shares worth Tk 4.24 crore. Other turnover leaders were Beximco Pharma, Eastern Housing, Shincpukur Ceramics, Jamuna Oil, Mcghna Petroleum, Beximco, Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme T\vo, AIMS 1st Mutual Fund and AB Bank