Stocks flat as large-cap issues tumble

Stock markets today finished the session of the week flat as the major indices of the both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges showed slightly down amid lower activities of large-cap securities.

The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse closed the day with 3.15 points down at 5,775.49. The Shariah DSES also followed the same trend with 5.47 points down at 2,121.14. But, the blue-chip DS30 closed the day with 5.97 points up at 1,246.16.

Out of 396 issues traded, 247 closed lower, 119 advanced and 30 issues remained unchanged on the DSE floor.

The major gaining issues were STANDBANKL, MIDLANDBNK, AOL, ISLAMIBANK and GQBALLPEN. The major losing companies were LOVELLO, CAPITECGBF, MHSML, MTB and ORIONINFU.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) closed the day of the week with downward trend with its major CASPI 99.23 points down at 16,616.13.

At CSE, 222 issues were traded. Of those, 45 closed higher and 160 closed lower when around 38 lakh shares worth Taka 8.63 crore changed hands. (BSS)