Beacon Pharmaceuticals on Monday topped the scrip-wise turnover chart riding on investors' increased participation in main board and the transactions executed in block board.
On the day, the company featured a turnover of above Tk 275 million, of which Tk 155 million came from the transactions executed in the block board.
Beacon Pharmaceuticals captured 5.56 per cent of the market turnover featured by the DSE on Monday.
Above 2.52 million shares of the company were traded in the main board while above 3.32 million shares were traded through two trades executed in the block board of the DSE.
On Monday, the company's share price rose 4.29 per cent or Tk 2.0 to close at Tk 48.50 each on the premier bourse DSE.
The company's EPS declined to Tk 0.51 for the year ended on June 30, 2019 against Tk. 0.55 reported for the same period of the previous year.
The company reported its EPS of Tk 0.18 for July-September 2019 against Tk. 0.16 for July-September 2018.
Of other turnover leaders, S. S. Steel featured a turnover of Tk 252.7 million and captured 5.11 per cent of the market turnover.
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