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Half-yearly results cheer stocks

Star Business Report
Stocks end positive on the last trading day before Eid, as investors went on a buying spree yesterday thanks to good half-yearly earnings disclosure.
DSEX, the benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, closed the day at 4,427.15 points after gaining 38.47 points or 0.88 percent.
DSES, the shariah index of the Dhaka bourse, gained 11.43 points or 1.15 percent to close the day at 1,004.66.
"The closing session ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr stepped up with investors' focus on large-cap scrips," IDLC Investments said in its daily market analysis.
Monetary policy statement expectations and favourable prices coupled with improved half-yearly earning disclosures acted as the core catalysts behind the day's upturn, the investment banker said.
Scrip-wise movements were significant, as several companies declared earnings yesterday, IDLC said.
"Investors' participation increased slightly, holding total turnover above Tk 300 crore for the third session."
Turnover, the most important indicator of the market, advanced 6.48 percent toTk 339 crore from the previous day.
The market ended in the green zone yesterday backed by strong earnings registered by corporate entities in the second quarter, said LankaBangla Securities.
Top 10 scrips in the turnover chart accounted for 55.33 percent of the day's total turnover.
Grameenphone dominated the top turnover chart with 19.46 lakh shares worth Tk 59 crore changing hands followed by Beximco, Lafarge Surma Cement and Shahjibazar Power Company.
Telecoms rose 3.18 percent, the
highest among all the sectors, due to GP's rally of 3.29 percent, while non-life insurance lost 0.11 percent and textile 0.08 percent.
A total of 0.66 lakh trades were executed with 7.10 crore shares and mutual fund units changing hands on the premier bourse.
Gainers took a strong lead over the losers by 199 to 74 with 26 issues remaining unchanged on the DSE floor.
Shahjibazar Power Company posted the highest gain of 9.93 percent, while Savar Refractories was the worst loser with a fall of 9.16 percent.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange also gained yesterday with its selective categories index, CSCX, rising 60.07 points to close the day at 8,381.
Of the 208 issues that traded on the port city bourse, 93 advanced, 75 declined and 40 remained unchanged with Tk 38 crore in turnover.