BANGLADESH

After rising last week, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose on the first trading day of the week to cross the mark of 5000 points.

Gaining 48 points in first five minutes of the Sunday's trading and falling afterwards, the index closed to 5102 points with a gain of 132 points or 2.64 percent.

Of the traded shares and mutual funds, prices of 233 advanced, 30 declined and four remained unchanged. The turnover was Tk 8,130 million.

On Thursday, the DSE general index fell to 4990, plummeting 48 points. Of the traded issues, 107 gained 150 lost and eight remained unchanged. The turnover was Tk 9,340 million, which was the highest in four months. The last highest turnover was Tk 10,510 million on Nov 23 last year.

The DGEN rose 231 points or 4.87 percent last week with an average daily turnover of Tk 7,990 million. Last week's average daily turnover was 67.74 percent higher than that of the previous week.

The index increased 215 points or 4.75 percent in the previous week and 198 points or 4.57 percent in the week before.