Stocks on Sunday started the New Year 2022 journey with a sharp rise as investors showed their buying interest on sector-wise large-cap issues riding on the high hope.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), soared 96 points, or 1.42 per cent, to 6,853. At the DSE, 294 stocks advanced, 64 declined and 20 remained the same.
Fortune Shoes topped the gainers' list that surged 9.99 per cent followed by CVO Petrochemical, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation and
Lovello Ice Cream. Sonali Paper shed mostly that dropped 6.2 per cent followed by Atlas Bangla, Asia Insurance and Bangladesh Monospool Paper.
Beximco stocks traded mostly that worth Taka 99 crore followed by Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, Fortune Shoes, IFIC Bank, and
GSP Finance.
