FROM PAGE b1

British American Tobacco Bangladesh was at the top of the turnover list as its shares worth Tk 104 crore changing hands, followed by Beximco Ltd, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, Robi Axiata, and LankaBangla Finance.

Padma Life Insurance shed the most as it dropped 3.72 per cent. Sonali Ansh, Eastern Insurance, Shyampur Sugar, and Zeal Bangla Sugar Mills were also among the major losers.

The port city bourse also rose yesterday. The CASPI, the general index of the Chittagong Stock Exchange, gained 329 points, or 2.09 per cent, to close at 16,016.

Among 240 stocks traded, 168 rose, 27 dropped, and 45 remained the same.