Stocks keep rising

Stocks rose for the third consecutive day today amid the buying spree among investors.

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose 38 points, or 0.57 per cent, to 6,668 at the end of the day.

In the last three days, the index rose 212 points.

Turnover of the premier bourse crossed the Tk 1,000 crore-mark after a break of 10 trading days and hit Tk 1,061 crore today, which was 37 per cent higher than the previous day's Tk 773 crore.

Beximco Ltd remained the most traded stock with shares worth Tk 49 crore changing hands followed by Fortune Shoes, BDCOM Online, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, and Genex Infosys.

At the DSE, 193 stocks advanced, 147 declined and 39 remained unchanged.

BDCOM Online topped the gainer' list that rose 9.93 per cent followed by Meghna Condensed Milk, Agni Systems, VFS Thread, and Quasem Indutries..

National Tea Company shed mostly that dropped 1.93 per cent followed by Gemini Sea Foods, Libra Infusion, Tamijuddin Textiles, and BD Lamps.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also rose today. The CASPI, the main index of the CSE, rose 161 points, or 0.83 per cent, to 19,561 at the end of the day.

Among the 283 traded stocks, 174 rose, 71 fell and 38 remained the same.