DHAKA: Investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Wednesday.

The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose over 60 points to stand at 4,391 at the close on the third trading day of the week.

Trade deals stood at 121,997 with transaction at Tk 5,397 million. Of the issues traded, 224 advanced, 46 declined and 22 remained unchanged.

LANKABAFIN topped the turnover list with shares worth Tk 264 million having changed hands.

The other turnover leaders were GOLDENSON, BEXIMCO, APOLOISPAT, SPPCL, SQURPHARMA, GP, SUMITPOWER, GENNEXT    and HEIDELBCEM.
 
Chittagong stocks also followed the suit, with the CSE Selective Categories Index climbing up to 8,632 by gaining over 137 points.
 
Out of the issues traded, 1172 gained, 32 declined and 18 remained unchanged.

BDST:  1530 HRS, JAN 08, 2014
Edited by: Rubaiat Saky, Senior Newsroom Editor/MMA