DSE turnover tops Tk 9 bn mark
Dhaka, June 30 —Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Tuesday crossed the Tk 9 billion mark for the first time ever, as investors shrugged off a hoax bomb threat that shut trading an hour earlier than the scheduled a day before. Daily turnover touched a new high at Tk 9.42 billion on the day the parliament passed the budget for FY 2009-10, smashing the previous high of Tk 8.34 billion on June 21. This is the fourth time this month that the daily transactions have leapt to a new height. On June 4 and 11, turnover on the bourse touched Tk 6.72 billion. It soared to Tk 7.81 billion on June 7. "This is what should happen…it is a positive sign that investment rose up despite the bomb threat yesterday [Monday]," Yaweer Sayeed, CEO of an asset management firm, told bdnews24.com. Usually, the last day of the financial year witnesses increased transactions, he added. "Institutional investors contributed heavily to Tuesday's turnover as they had to trade a lot on the last day [of the fiscal year] due to portfolio balancing," added Sayeed, who heads AIMS of Bangladesh. Salahudddin Ahmed Khan, former CEO of DSE, agreed with the investment manager. "The closing day's transaction is mostly due to institutional investors' trading." The amendments to budget, including some duty cuts, also induced the hike, added Khan, a professor of finance at the University of Dhaka. "But it's really good to see that investors knocked off the terrorist threat." The Chittagong Stock Exchange also saw a higher turnover, topping the 1 billion mark. Transactions reached to Tk 1.19 billion from trading of almost seven and a half million shares. The highest ever turnover on the port city bourse was Tk 1.63 billion on June 24. The total turnover of the country's twin bourses on Tuesday reached Tk 10.61 billion, also a new record. The previous high was at Tk 9.30 billion on June 21. Authorities had halted transactions at 1:15pm and then evacuated the building on Monday after the bomb threat was made over phone by an anonymous caller that the stock building will be blown off soon. The caller said that a bomb had been kept inside the building. The, an official said . DSE senior vice-president Saiful Islam told bdnews24.com on Monday that the hoax bomb threat was was to panic the investors. He said that 'a certain quarter' was trying to upset the market, which has been seeing rises over the past few days . "Dhaka Stock Exchange is one of the biggest organisations of the country...we think the move to create panic was aimed to unstable the [entire country]," Islam said.
US endorses Hasina tactic
Dhaka, Mar 12 —The US envoy has told the prime minister that a peaceful resolution to the BDR mutiny minimised the loss of lives and property, a spokesman said Thursday. Ambassador (James F) Moriarty also told Sheikh Hasina that the US would provide all kinds of assistance to Bangladesh in the probe, press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters after a meeting. "Ambassador Moriarty mourned the BDR killings and assured all US assistance to help Bangladesh wade through the crisis," Azad said. The prime minister thanked the US government for sending the FBI team to assist with the investigation, Azad said after Moriarty met Sheikh Hasina at her office. "The ambassador lauded the prime minister's leadership role during the BDR crisis," he said. The envoy emphasised that the US would continue with its assistance to help Bangladesh uphold its democratic and governance ideals, Azad said. The US government would also assist Bangladesh in combating terrorism. The secretary to the prime minister Molla Wahiduzzaman was present
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