The ceramics sector saw the highest price appreciation during the last week’s trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
Following the price appreciation, the sector witnessed 15.10 per cent capital gain in five sessions of the last week.
On the other hand, the Paper & Printing sector saw the second highest price appreciation and the sector saw 7.0 per cent gain in the last week.
According to market insiders, lower number of listed companies under Ceramics and Paper & Printing sectors attracted the investors to buy the shares of these two sectors.
There are only 5 companies under Ceramics and 6 companies under Paper & Printing sectors.
Of the companies of both the sectors, RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) and Bashundhara Paper Mills were in the chart of weekly top 10 gainers of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
The companies' share price rose between 23.50 per cent and 32.22 per cent in five sessions of the last week.
On Thursday, the share price of Monno Ceramic Industries closed at Tk 119.80 each. During the week, the company's share price rose 6.58 per cent or Tk 7.40 from the closing price of the previous week.
The share price of RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) closed at Tk 55.70 each on Thursday. The company's share price rose 23.50 per cent or Tk 10.6 from the closing price of the previous week.
During the week, the share price of Shinepukur Ceramics declined 0.65 per cent and closed at Tk 30.40 each on Thursday.
The share price of Standard Ceramics Industries settled at Tk 163.30 each on Thursday. During the week, the company's share price declined 0.65 per cent from the previous week's closing price of Tk 161.90 each.
At the end of last week, the share price of Fu-Wang Ceramic Industries closed at Tk 17.30 each. During the week, the company's share price declined 2.25 per cent from the closing price of the previous week.
Of the companies of paper & printing sector, the share price of Bashundhara Paper Mills closed at Tk 67.70 each on Thursday with a rise of 32.22 per cent or Tk 16.50 from the closing price of the previous week.
The share price of Hakkani Pulp & Paper Mills closed at Tk 58.80 each on Thursday. The company's share price rose 1.91 per cent from the closing price of the previous week.
During the week, the share price of Khulna Printing & Packaging rose 0.5 per cent or Tk 5.0 to close at Tk 10.5 on Thursday.
On Thursday, the share price of Bangladesh Monospool Paper Manufacturing Company closed at Tk 176.20 each which was Tk 184.80 at the closing session of the previous week.
At the end of the last week, the share price of Paper processing & Packaging declined to Tk 216.60 each from the price of the previous week settled at Tk 229.70 each.
On Thursday, the share price of Sonali Paper & Board Mills closed at Tk 734.0 each. The company's share price was Tk 761.10 each at the end of the closing session of the previous week.
