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Index hits an all-time high as investors park funds in stocks

Star Business Report
With a six-day rally in share prices, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange yesterday rose to 4,967 points for the first time since DSEX was introduced on January 27 last year.
Single digit interests on deposits, favourable economic factors and political stability are encouraging investors to make fresh investments.
"The interest rate on deposit has come down to 6-8 percent in recent times from 12-13 percent last year. The reduction encouraged many depositors to switch from the banks to the capital market," Md Shakil Rizvi, managing director of Shakil Rizvi Stock.
Between January and August, the net foreign investment in Dhaka stocks wasTk 1,651.84 crore, a 28 percent rise from the same period a year ago.
Rizvi said an upward trend in the market increases investors' confidence and encourages new investors to come to the market, while they try to exit the market during the downward trend.
"However, the newcomers should carefully invest in a rising market and should analyse the fundamentals of securities beforehand," said Rizvi, also a director of the DSE.
The DSEX continued to build on its previous high records following burgeoning confidence in capital market among the investors, LankaBangla Securities said in its analysis.
"The recent rally has been largely supported by high market liquidity and fundamental stocks which are not yet overly stretched," the stockbroker said.
Investor enthusiasm sustained and the market responded positively, IDLC Investments said.
"It was the banks and insurers that had been the main engine behind the day's charge on the DSEX. The banks are almost solely responsible for leading the DSEX higher on optimism and speculation that accelerated private sector credit growth," said Sheltech Brokerage.
The optimism has encouraged traders to take on more risk in their portfolios.
Turnover, a major gauge of the market, rose 2.4 percent to Tk 1,015 crore on the DSE, which traded 27.51 crore shares and
mutual fund units.
Gainers beat losers 152 to 140, with nine securities remaining unchanged.
MJL Bangladesh dominated the turnover chart with 34.43 lakh shares worth Tk 53.43 crore changing hands, followed by BSRM Steel, Beximco, Beximco Pharma and UCB.
BD Finance was the day's best performer, advancing 10 percent, and Alhaj Textile was the worst loser, slumping 6.89 percent.
Chittagong stocks gained yesterday, with the benchmark CSCX increasing by 97.65 points, finishing the day at9,377.55.
Gainers dominated losers 124 to 96, with 13 securities remaining unchanged on the Chittagong Stock Exchange, which traded 2.39 crore shares and mutual fund units, generating a turnover ofTk75.31 crore.