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Cautious trading helps stocks gain marginally

Star Business Report
Stocks ended marginally higher yesterday amid cautious trading with the prime index, DSEX, closing the day at 4,212.72 points after gaining 15.01 points or 0.36 percent from the previous session.
"Volatility has become a key idiosyncrasy of daily trading, reflecting the day-to-day mixed participation of investors and dubious swings in large cap stocks," observed LankaBangla Securities in its analysis.
The string of political strikes over the last few weeks subdued the resilient economic data released in recent time, making the investment scenario uneven, the stockbroker said.
"Though, market cap of bank and power sectors suffered 0.4 percent and 0.2 percent losses, all other large and mid-cap stocks enjoyed a buying spree that held up the benchmark index above 4,200 points level."
As the surge in bank sector sedated, investors scrambled seeking superior return from other undervalued investment opportunities, said IDLG Investments in its daily market analysis.
Alongside, scrip-wise swings were also observed in the day's session, resulting from recent mixed earning declarations, the merchant bank said.
Much of the extensive search ended in
textile, pushing its turnover toTk 125 crore and generating a 2.47 percent return, it said.
Turnover, the most important indicator of the market, advanced 23.69 percent to Tk 471 crore from the previous day.
A total of 1.22 lakh trades were executed with 14.26 crore shares and mutual fund units changing hands on the Dhaka bourse.
Gainers took a strong lead over the losers, as 188 issues gained, 71 declined and 19 remained unchanged out of the 278 traded.
Among the major sectors, non-bank financial institutions and pharma edged up by 0.34 percent and 0.37 percent.
Generation Next Fashions featured in the most traded stocks chart with 16.51 lakh shares worth Tk 47 crore changing hands.
Anlima Yarn was the highest gainer of the day, posting a rise of 10 percent while Rahim Textile was the worst loser, slumping by 13 percent following its price adjustment after record date.
The Ghittagong Stock Exchange also ended marginally higher yesterday with its selective categories index, CSCX, closing the day at 10.99 points higher at 8,223.94 points from the last session.
Gainers beat losers 122 to 77 with 11 issues remaining unchanged on the port city bourse that traded 1.92 crore shares and mutual fund units with a turnover value ofTk 51 crore.