European stocks scaled fresh peaks on Monday, driven by dealmaking activity and strong results from Europe’s biggest bank HSBC, with a rebound in Asian stocks also helping set a bright start to August.

Major stock markets pulled back Friday as worries about the Delta variant of Covid-19 and profit taking offset another round of mostly strong corporate earnings.

The shares of many low-performing companies might have risen to surprising levels at the Dhaka Stock Exchange in the last one year, but it is the firms with strong earnings and dividend records that contributed most to the premier bourse.

Bangladesh’s stock market remained buoyant for the second consecutive day yesterday, sending the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to a record high, as investors were upbeat that liquidity flow in the market  would  continue owing to the central bank’s expansionary monetary policy.

The stock market bounced back yesterday as institutional investors took to fattening up their portfolios.

Asia’s stocks fell to a fresh seven-month troughs on Tuesday led by a third straight session of heavy selling by the Chinese internet giant, while bond and money markets remained in tight range ahead of Federal Reserve policy meeting. 

Stocks continued to fall for a second consecutive day yesterday as investors remained cautious ahead of the announcement of the monetary policy for the current fiscal year scheduled for tomorrow.

The stock price of Linde Bangladesh rose 2.71 per cent to Tk 1,376 today after the company said that it has made higher profits in the first half of this year.

Financial markets kicked off the week with fresh volatility on Monday, as Asian stocks tumbled, bitcoin soared and the dollar retreated.

A new managing director has been appointed at Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday. 

The stock market dropped yesterday owing to a profit booking tendency, with investors prompted to go for sales by a Bangladesh Bank directive on banks to curb channelling of stimulus funds to unproductive sectors, including the share market.

All three major US stock indexes closed at record highs on Friday after a rocky week in which investors fretted over the Delta coronavirus variant and cheered an economic recovery, while US Treasury yields rose before a Federal Reserve meeting next week.

Stocks closed higher yesterday following a five-day break for Eid-ul-Azha as trading resumed amid the government-imposed coronavirus containment measures.

Asian shares slipped again on Monday while perceived safe haven assets, including the yen and gold, edged higher as investor risk appetite was soured by fears of rising inflation and a relentless surge in coronavirus cases.

Dhaka stocks rose for a fourth consecutive day yesterday with the benchmark DSEX crossing the 6,400-point mark for the first time, bringing cheer to investors just before a five-day Eid holiday beginning today.

Dhaka Stocks continued its rally for the fourth day, with the benchmark index hitting a new level until midday.

The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose to its record high yesterday despite technical glitches halting trade at the premier bourse for around one and a half hours.

Shanta Asset Management has recently declared 20.5 per cent (Tk 2.05 per unit) dividend for fiscal 2020-21 for Shanta First Income Unit Fund. 

The dollar hit three-month highs against the euro and world stocks slipped on Wednesday after a jump in US inflation fuelled expectations of a quicker end to Federal Reserve stimulus, while a drop in China’s crude imports dampened oil.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has launched an investigation to understand the circumstances behind abnormally high prices being placed in buy orders for newly listed Sonali Life Insurance.