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Mideast stocks rise; Qatar jumps

Mideast stocks rise; Qatar jumps

-- 2019-03-27 15:55:41

Mideast stock markets were higher rose on Wednesday while Qatar’s stocks rose, aided by its blue-chip bank shares, while the Dubai index recouped some losses as all its property firms gained. T...

Asian shares mixed after Wall St rebounds

Asian shares mixed after Wall St rebounds

-- 2019-03-27 14:59:33

Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after US stocks finished broadly higher on Wall Street, erasing modest losses from a day earlier. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.2 per cent to close at 21,...

Wata Chemicals to enhance production capacity

Wata Chemicals to enhance production capacity

FE Online Report 2019-03-27 12:36:47

The board of directors of Wata Chemicals Limited has approved BMRE by setting up of units and plants at the factory to enhance production capacity. The company said through a disclosure on Wednesday...

DSE, CSE see downturn in early trading

DSE, CSE see downturn in early trading

FE Online Report 2019-03-27 11:34:59

The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed downward trend in early trading on Wednesday as investors mostly followed cautious stance. Following the previous day’s marginal gain, the...

BSEC to hold investors’ conference in Dhaka Mar 28

BSEC to hold investors’ conference in Dhaka Mar 28

FE Online Report 2019-03-27 10:37:12

The stock market regulator is going to organise “Investors’ & Entrepreneurs’ Conference-2019” in Dhaka and Chittagong to create awareness of investors about stock market in...

Wall Street opens higher on tech boost

Wall Street opens higher on tech boost

-- 2019-03-26 19:57:54

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, for the first time in five sessions, as Apple Inc led gains in technology stocks, while financials were lifted by big banks, according to Reu...

DSE top brokers for cancellation of initial public offering quota

DSE top brokers for cancellation of initial public offering quota

FE Report 2019-03-26 12:32:29

The top brokers of DSE and merchant bankers have demanded of the regulator to introduce T+0 share trading cycle settlement aiming to bring dynamism in trading activities that currently remained dull....

Samata Leather's share price soaring sans PSI

Samata Leather's share price soaring sans PSI

FE Report 2019-03-26 10:43:04

Share price of Samata Leather Complex, a "Z" category company, is soaring having no price sensitive information (PSI). Despite the bearish market trend, the company's share price soared 30 per cent o...

BIFFL to go public to raise Tk 10 billion

BIFFL to go public to raise Tk 10 billion

Ismail Hossain 2019-03-26 10:26:59

Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) has planned to mobilise capital amounting to Tk 26 billion through issuing bond and floating IPO in the capital market in short and long terms....

Stocks rebound from three-month low

Stocks rebound from three-month low

FE Online Report 2019-03-25 15:35:54

Stocks rebounded on Monday after the benchmark indexe fell to three-month lows on Sunday as some optimistic investors showed their buying appetite on sector-wise stocks. Analysts said the market back...

Indian shares slip; financials top drag

Indian shares slip; financials top drag

-- 2019-03-25 12:35:31

Indian shares slipped on Monday tracking Asian peers, with banking stocks taking the brunt, as fears of recession in the United States intensified. Concerns about the health of the world economy heig...

Asian shares fall; Nikkei tumbles

Asian shares fall; Nikkei tumbles

-- 2019-03-25 12:26:44

Asian shares fell on Monday after Wall Street ended last week with a broad retreat, while Thailand’s market saw a moderate loss following the general election. Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock in...

DSEX gets 22 points in early trading; stocks rise

DSEX gets 22 points in early trading; stocks rise

FE Online Report 2019-03-25 11:34:12

The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading on Monday as investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise shares. Following the previous three days&r...

New Line Clothings to allocate 30m IPO shares

New Line Clothings to allocate 30m IPO shares

FE Report 2019-03-25 11:01:56

The New Line Clothings will allocate 30 million ordinary shares among the successful applicants as the company's initial public offering (IPO) lottery draw was held on Sunday. The lottery draw was he...

Top ten-traded cos grab 35pc of DSE transaction

Top ten-traded cos grab 35pc of DSE transaction

FE Report 2019-03-25 10:50:05

Brac Bank dominated the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) turnover chart on Sunday while most ten-traded companies captured 35 per cent transactions. Market analysts said investors were mostly on selling bi...

DSE weighs resuming share-netting system

DSE weighs resuming share-netting system

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-03-25 09:20:04

Bourses are contemplating resuming share-netting facility after 17 years as they believe this trading system will help reverse the slumping turnover. Netting is used in share trading, where an invest...

DSEX tumbles to three-month low

DSEX tumbles to three-month low

FE Online Report 2019-03-24 16:32:20

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) tumbled to three months low level on Sunday as worried investors continued their selling binge on financial stocks. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...

FBCCI will be the bellwether for business reforms

FBCCI will be the bellwether for business reforms

FE Report 2019-03-24 11:28:43

Sheikh Fazle Fahim, the Panel Leader from 'Shommilito Bebshai Porishod', in the upcoming elections of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has vowed to make the country's...

Bank Asia recommends 10pc dividend

Bank Asia recommends 10pc dividend

FE Online Report 2019-03-23 18:55:50

The Board of Directors of Bank Asia Ltd has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018, said an official disclosure on Saturday. The final a...

GSP Finance to issue Tk 2.0b bond

GSP Finance to issue Tk 2.0b bond

FE Online Report 2019-03-23 18:48:01

The board of directors of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited has decided to issue coupon bearing bond worth Tk 2.0 billion, said an official disclosure on Saturday. The company will issue the b...

Brac Bank recommends 15pc stock dividend

Brac Bank recommends 15pc stock dividend

FE Online Report 2019-03-23 18:35:29

The board of directors of Brac Bank Ltd has recommended 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018, said an official disclosure on Saturday. The final approval of dividend wil...

World stocks fall amid slowdown fears

World stocks fall amid slowdown fears

-- 2019-03-23 10:54:51

Markets in the UK and US have tumbled with analysts attributing the drop to growing fears of a global slowdown. The FTSE 100 saw its worst day of trading this year, closing 2% lower. In the US, the t...

US stocks tumble as weak factory data fuels slowdown worries

US stocks tumble as weak factory data fuels slowdown worries

-- 2019-03-23 10:46:31

Wall Street’s main indexes tumbled about 2.0 per cent on Friday after a raft of weak manufacturing data from the US and Europe led to an inverted yield curve, stoking fears of an economic slowdo...

Weekly review: Stocks wilt amid subdued trading

Weekly review: Stocks wilt amid subdued trading

Babul Barman 2019-03-23 10:30:01

Stocks ended lower last week, extending its fall for the eighth straight week as worried investors kept selling mostly financial shares. Market analysts said investor sentiment remained wary amid liq...

Ten most traded cos grab one-third of DSE turnover

Ten most traded cos grab one-third of DSE turnover

FE Report 2019-03-23 10:26:45

The ten most actively traded stocks grabbed 33 per cent of the transactions on the prime bourse last week, with the British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company (BATBC) remaining on the top of the char...

Indian shares edge down on profit booking

Indian shares edge down on profit booking

-- 2019-03-22 14:39:13

Indian shares edged down on Friday as investors sold to benefit from recent gains, with losses in energy stocks outweighing gains in index heavyweights such as Larsen and Toubro. The broader NSE inde...

Asian stocks stumble on trade worries

Asian stocks stumble on trade worries

-- 2019-03-22 11:40:20

Asian markets were mostly lower on Friday as caution set in ahead of US-China trade talks in Beijing next week. The Shanghai Composite index gave up 0.8 per cent to 3,077.56 and Hong Kong’s Han...

Singer tops DSE turnover chart

Singer tops DSE turnover chart

FE Report 2019-03-22 10:32:33

Ten most traded companies accounted for 32 per cent of the transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with Singer Bangladesh making its way to the top of the turnover chart. Market a...

Islamic Finance declares 14.50pc div

Islamic Finance declares 14.50pc div

FE Report 2019-03-22 10:29:58

The board of directors of Islamic Finance & Investment Ltd. has recommended 10 per cent cash and 4.5 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of dividen...

DSEX slumps below 5,600-mark

DSEX slumps below 5,600-mark

FE Online Report 2019-03-21 15:34:41

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dipped below 5,600-mark after nearly three months as worried investors continued their selling binge. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by...