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Stocks lifted by brisk buy

Star Business Report
Stocks registered a 5.37 percent rise yesterday as investors rushed to purchase shares and mutual fund units to take advantage of low prices.
The benchmark General Index, the gauge of Dhaka Stock Exchange, closed at 4,226.17 points, after gaining 215.38 points.
The market started the day on a negative note and lost more than 30 points in the first hour of trading. The prime index gained throughout the rest of the session.
Market analysts said investors
started buying as most shares touched the lower limits of prices.
Retail and institutional investors regained their confidence as the Association of Bankers Bangladesh took the decision to offer an interest rate of 12.5 percent on deposits and charge 15.5 percent for industrial term loans and working capital, the analysts said.
New buying pressure pulled the market up and the key index above the support level of 4,000 points, LankaBangla Securities said in its daily market analysis. "Next resistance may come at 4,562 points."
Following the fall in January, investors placed purchase offers in smaller quantities, it said.
Sponsors of different financial institutions continued to offer their purchase order of shares, according to DSE data.
Financial sectors were the big gainers as banks, non-bank financial institutions and general insurers moved up 6.00 percent, 6.46 percent and 5.38 percent respectively. Among the other sectors, pharmaceuticals and power advanced 3.81 percent and 4.35 percent, while telecommunication added only 0.85 percent.
Turnover on the DSE gained 26.4 percent, compared with the previous day. A total of 1.10 lakh trades were executed, generating a turnover of Tk 290 crore with 7.26 crore shares and mutual fund units changing hands at the premier bourse.
National Bank topped the turnover leader with 23.87 lakh shares worth Tk 15.91 crore changing hands as it recommended 65 percent stock dividend for the year ended December 31, 2011. The bank has reported earnings per shares of Tk 7.07, the net asset value for each share is Tk 25.02 and net operating cash flow per share is Tk8.88.
Rupali Insurance was the biggest gainer of the day as it posted 12.04 percent gain, while the Prime Finance First Mutual Fund was the worst loser, slumping by 7.87 percent.
Chittagong Stock Exchange also gained yesterday with the Selective Categories Index going up 4.64 points or 346.98 points, to end the day at 7,817.12.