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Stocks tumble amid sluggish turnover

Stocks tumble amid sluggish turnover

FE Online Report 2018-01-14 03:00:44

Stocks plummeted Sunday with sluggish trading activities as investors were in the selling mood throughout the session, fearing a further fall. Market operators said the market plunged as investors mo...

Stocks slump as bank shares tumble

Stocks slump as bank shares tumble

Babul Barman 2018-01-13 12:00:00

Stocks witnessed a big fall last week that ended Thursday with sluggish trading activities as selling mood gripped the investors throughout the week. Market operators said the market plunged as inves...

Global stocks end on record highs

Global stocks end on record highs

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

Global stock markets ended on record highs on Friday, while the US dollar slumped to a more than three-year low against the euro. Dollar extended its losses on expectations that European Central Bank...

US stocks continue to rally

US stocks continue to rally

-- 2018-01-13 10:59:26

Wall Street continued its rally on Friday with record closing highs as the fourth-quarter earnings season kicked off with solid results from banks. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both registered their ei...

S Alam Cold Steels approves 10 per cent dividend

S Alam Cold Steels approves 10 per cent dividend

Our Correspondent 2018-01-13 10:37:41

S Alam Cold Rolled Steels Limited has approved 10 per cent dividend for the shareholders for the year that ended on June 30, 2017. The approval came from the 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the...

China stocks edge up despite soft trade data

China stocks edge up despite soft trade data

-- 2018-01-12 12:40:10

China stocks shrugged off soft trade data to rise on Friday morning, helped by gains in banking and energy firms. China’s exports and imports growth slowed in December after unexpectedly surg...

Energy stocks lift HK shares to high

Energy stocks lift HK shares to high

-- 2018-01-12 12:37:37

Hong Kong shares rose on Friday, while the IT sector and energy shares lead the gain. The sub-index of the Hang Seng index tracking energy shares rose 1.8 per cent while the IT sector rose 0.3 per ce...

Nikkei shares little change

Nikkei shares little change

-- 2018-01-12 12:06:00

Japan’s Nikkei share average was nearly flat on Friday, with weakness in exporters countered by strong gains in index-heavy Fast Retailing after the clothing company posted record quarterly prof...

AFC allocates 18.1pc fund to BD market

AFC allocates 18.1pc fund to BD market

FE Online Report 2018-01-12 12:00:00

Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) allocated 18.1 per cent of its total allocated Asia Frontier Fund to the capital market of Bangladesh by the end of 2017. The largest asset allocation of the fund went to...

10 companies grab 33pc turnover on DSE

10 companies grab 33pc turnover on DSE

FE Report 2018-01-12 11:02:18

The top 10 traded companies accounted for 33 per cent of the total turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with Square Pharmaceuticals making its way to the top of the gainers' chart....

Dealmaking lifts European shares

Dealmaking lifts European shares

-- 2018-01-12 03:37:16

Dealmaking activity drove sharp share price moves in Europe on Friday with British engineer GKN leaping after it rejected an unsolicited offer from rival Melrose. A gain of around 20 per cent in GKN...

Asian share markets rise

Asian share markets rise

-- 2018-01-12 03:18:23

Asian share markets rose on Friday, after Wall Street’s latest record close. Japan’s Nikkei 225 recovered from early losses to gain 0.1 per cent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and the Sh...

Utilities, industrial sectors lift NZ shares

Utilities, industrial sectors lift NZ shares

-- 2018-01-12 01:09:04

New Zealand shares rose slightly on Friday, but the market is set to log its worst week in over a year. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose as much as 0.3 per cent to 8,274.8, reports Reuters. U...

ASX rises on stronger iron ore

ASX rises on stronger iron ore

-- 2018-01-12 01:01:22

Iron ore miners pushed Australian shares higher on Friday with heavyweights BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto scaling multi-year peaks as storm disruptions in the nation’s northwest drove up prices of...

Dhaka Bank, IPDC sign deal with BB

Dhaka Bank, IPDC sign deal with BB

-- 2018-01-11 12:59:39

Dhaka Bank and IPDC Finance Limited signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) under 'Refinance Scheme for Small and Medium Enterprise Development Project' in the city on Wednesday. General Manage...

Stocks continue slide

Stocks continue slide

FE Online Desk 2018-01-11 12:00:00

Bangladesh stock markets fell in early trade on Thursday extending the losing streak for six consecutive sessions, as investors remained on the selling spree. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the...

Development fair on stock mkt begins today

Development fair on stock mkt begins today

FE Report 2018-01-11 11:11:11

The stakeholders of the capital market will observe the government's development fair 2018 to uphold the reforms done in the capital market. The country wide development fair will be observed during...

'Z' category issues dominate gainers’ chart again

'Z' category issues dominate gainers’ chart again

FE Report 2018-01-11 10:38:47

Junk shares have been dominating the gainers chart of the premier bourse amid continuous correction witnessed by blue chip shares in recent time. Some 'Z' category companies recently informed that th...

DSE rebound, CSE end mixed

DSE rebound, CSE end mixed

FE Online Report 2018-01-11 03:39:10

The Dhaka Stocks Exchange (DSE) returned to the green zone on Thursday, breaking the five-day losing streak, but the turnover remained lower, while the port city bourse ended in mixed trend. The DSE...

China stocks ease on profit-taking

China stocks ease on profit-taking

-- 2018-01-11 02:35:35

China stocks fell on Thursday, with losses led by real estate and energy firms as investors took profits after a robust nine-session winning streak. A media report that China is considering reducing...

Japanese share average edge lower

Japanese share average edge lower

-- 2018-01-11 02:05:07

Japanese share average edged lower on Thursday, hit by declines in automakers and electronic component makers as the strong yen soured investor appetite. The Nikkei shed 0.4 per cent to 23,705.47 in...

NZ shares hit four-week low

NZ shares hit four-week low

-- 2018-01-11 01:48:36

New Zealand shares hit four-week low on Thursday, after Wall Street finished in the red on Wednesday. US stocks slipped as investors grew anxious after Bloomberg reported that China could slow or hal...

Australian shares slip after US stocks dip

Australian shares slip after US stocks dip

-- 2018-01-11 01:38:52

Australian shares fell to their weakest level in over a week on Thursday, after Wall Street was pressured by a report that China may slow its buying of US governments debt. The S&P/ASX 200 index...

Bourses open mostly higher

Bourses open mostly higher

FE Online Report 2018-01-10 12:00:00

Stocks on both bourses have witnessed an uptrend in early trading as investors were active on both sides of trading fence on Wednesday. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchang...

Stocks extend losing streak for fifth day

Stocks extend losing streak for fifth day

FE Online Report 2018-01-10 12:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) ended marginally lower on Wednesday, extending the losing streak for fifth days. Market insiders said investors went on the sell...

Top 10 cos snare 33pc of total turnover on DSE

Top 10 cos snare 33pc of total turnover on DSE

FE Report 2018-01-10 11:50:38

Top 10 companies grabbed 33 per cent of the total turnover featured by Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday. The premier bourse DSE featured a turnover of above Tk 4.48 billion which was 6.15 per ce...

BSEC approves prospectus of Credence Unit Fund

BSEC approves prospectus of Credence Unit Fund

FE Report 2018-01-10 11:38:20

The securities regulator Tuesday approved the draft prospectus of Credence First Shariah Unit Fund. The initial size of the fund will be Tk 100 million. The approval came at a meeting held at the of...

Kodak jumps on cryptocurrency bandwagon

Kodak jumps on cryptocurrency bandwagon

Reuters 2018-01-10 10:40:00

Shares of Eastman Kodak Co (KODK.N) more than doubled on Tuesday after the one-time leader in photography became the latest company to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. The storied Rochester, New...

Asian shares step back from 2007 peak

Asian shares step back from 2007 peak

Reuters 2018-01-10 10:26:41

Asian shares flinched from testing their 2007 record peak on Wednesday, as investors booked profits in high-tech shares while oil prices hit three-year highs due to production cuts and a fall in inven...

Sri Lanka's LVL Energy plans Bangladesh investments

Sri Lanka's LVL Energy plans Bangladesh investments

FE Online Desk 2018-01-10 02:59:24

LVL Energy Fund Pvt Ltd debuted higher on the Colombo Stock Exchange and the Sri Lankan energy firm plans to expand into Nepal, Bangladesh, and East Africa. A subsidiary of Lanka Ventures Plc and t...