Stocks

Shares were mostly lower Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Read More »

Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Monday on concern over a resurgence of coronavirus cases and pessimism after Wall Street posted its worst week in nearly three months. Read More »

News Desk The country’s two bourses will remain closed till April 25 in line with the government’s extended general holidays to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus. Read More »

The ‘Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Bill, 2020’ was passed in Parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for offloading 49 percent share of the corporation in the capital market. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 03 – Mentioning that any move to shore up the country’s capital market cannot succeed in the face of rumormongering, Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said the government will take all necessary policies to strengthen the market as soon as possible. Read More »

DHAKA, Nov 4, 2019 (BSS) – Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) bounced back to the downbeat leaving behind the positive vibe of previous session as the risk-averse investors continued their selling spree. Read More »

Country’s both the bourses turned back and registered upward trend after the six consecutive days buoyed by the positive note of large cap companies. Country’s capital bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed today by returning to green with a mentionable gain in all indexes. “Positive movement of large cap stocks like GP, United power contributed the maximum to the positive ... Read More »

Dhaka, Jul 8 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government has taken various steps to ensure a vibrant capital market that will supplement its efforts to make Bangladesh a developed country by the year 2041. “Various measures are being taken to protect the interests of investors which will ensure a conducive environment for a vibrant capital market,” ... Read More »

London, July 2 (AP/UNB) — Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday as investors moved on from the latest truce in the costly US-Chinese trade war. Investors were encouraged Monday by the agreement between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping of China at a weekend meeting of the Group of 20 major economies to resume trade negotiations. Forecasters ... Read More »

San Francisco, May 10 (AP/UNB) — Uber is about to embark on a wild ride on Wall Street with the biggest and most hotly debated IPO in years. The world’s leading ride-hailing service set the stage for its long-awaited arrival on the stock market by pricing its initial public offering at $45 per share late Thursday. The price is at ... Read More »

Dhaka, May 8, 2019 – Stock markets today closed the week with downward trend due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities, official news agency BSS reported on Wednesday. The falling major sectors were pharmaceuticals and chemicals, ceramics and insurance. A total of 165 securities of the large-cap group moved down due to lower activities. The broader DSEX index of ... Read More »

She welcomes BNP MPs for joining parliament Dhaka, Apr 30 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday warned that action will be taken if anyone wants to play with the share market. “… if anyone wants to play (with the market), obviously we’re taking action and will take so,” she said while giving her winding-up speech in the second session ... Read More »

San Francisco, Apr 30 (AP/UNB) — Google parent Alphabet beat analyst earnings expectations but reported slowing revenue growth amid tougher competition in the online advertising market. Alphabet shares dropped more than 7% in after-hours trading. Google’s advertising revenue, its key moneymaker, grew by 15 percent to $30.7 billion — slower than investors had hoped. Google’s digital-ad rivals include Facebook and ... Read More »

Tokyo, Mar 18 (AP/UNB) — Shares rose in Asia on Monday as investors awaited signs the U.S. and China could be making progress in negotiations on resolving the trade war between the two biggest economies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.7 percent in morning trading to 21,591.90. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1 percent to 6,181.20. South Korea’s Kospi was flat ... Read More »

Stocks witnessed upward trend on Tuesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found rising trend with higher activities of some large-cap securities. Read More »

Danielle Nierenberg On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Margaret Zeigler, Executive Director of the Global Harvest Initiative, talks about the private sector’s energy to address sustainability and food productivity across the globe. Read More »

New York, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) – Cristiano Ronaldo’s image is vanishing from the website of a key sponsor. The stock price for his Juventus team dropped 10 percent on Friday. Read More »

Dhaka, Sep 26 -Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has potential to be one of the top ranking stock exchanges in Asia by the year 2041 and as a strategic partner Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) has started preparing a working plan to support Bangladesh premier bourse in a comprehensive way for its development, said a top official of SZSE. Read More »

Stocks witnessed flat on Monday with falling trend of most of the major price indices at Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges despite higher transactions. Read More »

Asian stocks are mostly higher Monday as investors welcomed signs of progress in resolving the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. The Wall Street Journal reported the countries hope to have a resolution by November. Read More »

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has shown no interest so far in financing Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s proposed $72 billion deal to take the U.S. electric car maker private, despite acquiring a minority stake in the company this year, two sources familiar with the matter said. The 47-year-old investor and engineer stunned financial markets when he said on ... Read More »

Stocks witnessed upward trends on Tuesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions of some large-cap securities. Read More »

Stocks opened the week upward today as all indices on the country’s two bourses- the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE)-gained on the day. Read More »

The Special Tribunal on capital market-related cases on Sunday sentenced five-year imprisonment to three top officials of Mark Bangladesh Shilpa and Industries Limited in a case of stock market manipulation in 2000. Read More »

DHAKA – With active participation of investors, the daily turnover value at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday crossed Taka 850 crore, the highest in over seven months. Read More »

Stocks witnessed a tedious session today as all indices on the country’s two bourses- the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-gained marginally on the day. Read More »

Dhaka – Stock market closed lower on Thursday when investors were cautious as Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was unveiling the national budget for 2018-19 financial year (FY19). Read More »

Stocks maintained upward trend on Wednesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions of some large-cap securities. Read More »

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith yesterday said now it is an urgent for the country to set up a good capital market as a source of long-term financing. Read More »

Stocks witnessed upward trend on Monday with rising trend of all the indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges on higher activities of large-cap securities. Read More »