Stocks stocky at weekend

Bangladesh`s stocks ended week on Thursday with upward trend on active participation around larger cap group with higher transaction.

Compared to the last week, the average transaction of the week at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) increased when daily average volume of the total shares rose by 8.46 per cent to 149.5 million (14.55 crore) and the total value increased by 34.95 per cent to over Tk 5.894 billion (Tk 589.44 crore).

The broader DSEX of DSE closed the week’s concluding session 5.88 points up at 4677.14 points, while 4.26 points up from the last week.

Compared to the last week, the Shariah DSES and blue chip DS30 followed the same trend, closing 4.42 points up at 1122.48 and 0.39 points up at 1757.77 respectively.

Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also ended the week up with its major CASPI index closing about

40.80 points at 14,387.61 points, according to a news agency. – bz