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Stocks ring in New Year on positive note

Star Business Report
Stocks closed the first day of 2014 on a positive note, powered by investors’ buying spree in anticipation of a bright market oudook despite a nationwide opposition blockade
DSEX, the benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose 19.60 points or 0.46 percent to 4,286.15 points.
Trading will remain closed on Sunday as the government has announced a general holiday ahead of the parliamentary election.
The New Year started with focusing on what would go wrong. Investors are worried about political debacle, economic outlook and upcoming challenges if political unrest keeps going like in 2013," LankaBangla Securities said in its daily market analysis.
Focusing on low inflation, a slide in interest rate and high foreign currency reserves achieved last year, investors have stepped into the New Year, amid hopes for a strong base for investment the stockbroker said.
However, challenges can be met and risks avoided only if the current unrest around the national election ceases, it said.
Turnover, one of the important indicators for the market, gained 7.89 percent toTk411 crore from the previous day.
A total of 1.05 lakh trades were executed
with 10.01 crore shares and mutual fund units changinghands on the Dhaka bourse
The gainers took a strong lead over the losers as out of 191 issues that traded on the DSE floor, 165 advanced, 97 declined and 29 remainedunchanged.
All major sectors ended in the green zone: power rose 1.74 percent, non-bank financial institutions 0.94 percent, telecoms 0.46 percentandpharma0.65 percent.
However, banks declined 0.26 percent as most listed banks saw a decline in profit for the last year.
LankaBangla Finance dominated the top turnover chart with 32.38 lakh shares worth Tk 23 crore changing hands followed by Golden Son, Generation Next Fashion, RN Spinning and Appollo Ispat.
Padma Oil, the day's highest gainer, posted an 8.68 percent rise, while RN Spinning Mills was the worst loser, slumping 9.76 percent. The heavy shedding in RN Spinning Mills affected the textile sector, making it the top loser amongthe major sectors with 0.92 percent losses.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange ended marginally higher, with its selective categories index, CSCX, gaining 45.56 points, to close at 8,422.92 points.
Gainers beat losers 106 to 80, with 26 issues remainingunchanged on the port city bourse that traded 1.25 crore shares