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July 11, 2000
Dhaka (UNB) – After experiencing an upward spiral in the first two days of the week, price index at Dhaka Stock Exchange marked a significant fall yesterday. All Share Price Index at the main bourse of the country shed 49.49 points or 6.63 percent to close at 695.99 points from Sunday’s 745.48 points. The main index had posted a gain of 82.02 points on Sunday, the biggest leap since the 1996 share market scam.
Of the 181 listed securities traded yesterday, 131 declined, 38 gained and six remained unchanged. Some 24,263,290 shares and debentures valued at Tk Tk 74.41 crore were transacted as against 22,689,476 shares worth Tk 57.95 crore on the previous trading day. AIMS First Mutual Fund (12,012,500), Chic Tex (1,893,500), Beximco Pharma (1,852,350), Quasem Dry Cells (1,121,400), Rangpur Foundry (918,500) and Raspit (716000) were among the volume leaders. Market capitalisation stood at Tk 65.89 billion as against Tk 70.58 billion on Sunday. CSE: Chittagong (UNB) – The main index at Chittagong Stock Exchange nose-dived again yesterday amid slumping trade. All Share Price Index at the country’s second bourse lost 87.50 points or 5.54 percent to close at 1490.76 points from Sunday’s 1578.26 points. Of the 81 listed securities traded yesterday, 16 gained, 64 declined and one remained unchanged. Some 12,833,170 shares and debentures valued at Tk 29.66 crore changed hands as against 12,754,046 shares worth Tk 22.20 crore on the previous day. Chic Tex (2,339,000), Beximco Pharma (1,482,850), Quasem Drycells (817,150) and FU-WANG Foods (621,500) were among the volume leaders. Market capitalisation stood at Tk 55.98 billion from Sunday’s Tk 59.04 billion.
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