The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) resumed trading after a nine-day eid-vacation on Sunday, maintaining pre-eid upward trend with the benchmark index crossing 3,000 marks after three months.

Before the vacation, the country's primer bourse registered gains for a 5th straight day while finished the pre-eid trading on September 25 with a sharp rise.

Brokers said the US financial sector rescue plan might have an impact on the market, in addition to the market factors of striking significant turnover and market capitalisation while most shares registered gains on the day.

The DSE General Index (DGEN), the benchmark index, rose 34 points or 1.16 percent to close at 3,001 points on Sunday from 2,967 points on the last trading day on September 25 while the DSE-20 index of selective shares also gained 20 points or 0.83 percent to close at 2,487 points.

The All Shares Price Index (DSI), however, declined 12 points or 0.46 percent to close at 2,487 points.

Of the total 222 issues traded on the day, 137 gained, 80 declined and five remained unchanged. The day's total turnover reduced to Tk 4.50 billion from Tk 4.79 billion on the last trading day. Market Capitalisation dropped a little to Tk 1.036 trillion from Tk 1.039 trillion on September 25.

BEXIMCO, Beximco Pharma, Summit Power, Titas Gas, ACI, Lanka Bangla Finance, GRAMEENS2, Keya Cosmetics, DESCO and Power Grid were the day' s turnover leaders in terms of value.

The day's volume leaders were AIMS 1st Mutual Fund, GRAMEENS2, Beximco Textiles, Beximco Pharma, BEXIMCO, Keya Cosmetics, Goldenson, Ran Foundry, Keya Detergent and Grameen 1.

Top gainers of the day were Golden Son, All Tex, Excelsior Shoes, Ran Foundry, BD Thai, BD Finance, Meghna Shrimp, Keya Detergent, Lexco and Apex Tannery. Top losers were Rupali Bank, BSC, Shyampur Sugar, Progressive Life Insurance, Midas Finance, Prime Life Insurance, Sandhani Insurance, Far East Life Insurance and Delta BRAC Housing.