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DSE Brokers Association Honors Top 20 Firms for Stellar 2023 Performance
The DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh (DBA), representing Trading Rights Entitlement Certificates (Trec) holders at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), recognized 20 brokerage firms for their exceptional performance in 2023. The top brokers were chosen based on their position as volume leaders at the DSE, with the selection criteria focusing solely on turnover.
The awarded brokerage firms include UCB Stock Brokerage, LankaBangla Securities, BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage, EBL Securities, Sheltech Brokerage, IDLC Securities, City Brokerage, Shanta Securities, Bank Asia Securities, ICB Securities, NRBC Bank Securities, MTB Securities, United Financial Trading Company, BD Sunlife Securities, Royal Capital, Prime Bank Securities, Capital Market Services Limited, United Securities, IIDFC Securities, and Bangladesh Finance Securities.
In a ceremony held at the DSE Tower in Nikunja-2, the DBA celebrated its membership in the Asia Securities Forum (ASF) and honored the top brokerage firms. Ahasanul Islam Titu, the State Minister of Commerce, served as the chief guest, presenting the awards to the brokers. The DBA joined the Asia Securities Forum, an organization comprising securities entities in the Asia-Oceania region, in January of the previous year.
DSE Chairman Professor Hafiz Md Hasan Babu attended the event as a special guest, and Saiful Islam, the President of DBA and a director of BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited, chaired the program.
Reviewing the U.S. Stock Markets, the Nasdaq Composite, recorded a decent loss of 1,023 points, reaching a closing value of 16,690 points by the end of the week. Similarly, the S&P 500 index showed a positive trend, losing 240 points to settle at 5,408 points. Meanwhile, DJIA Index experienced a notable hike, adding 1,218 points during the week and concluding at 40,345 points after a week of gaining.
In contrast, Russell 3000 Index saw a loss in week performance, with a slight drop of 141 point to reach 3,077 points by the end of the week.
Moving to Russell 2000 Index, demonstrated a notable lost of 126 points, ending the week at 2,091 points.
In the Outgoing week, the European stock market displayed a mixed performance.
Here is the data on the weekly performance of the European Stock Market, The STOXX Europe 600 index, which is considered a leading benchmark for the European market and covers approximately 90 percent of the market capitalization across 17 countries, reported a loss of 18.49 points to close at 506.56.
The United Kingdom’s FTSE 100, one of the most widely followed indices in Europe, also showed a significant drop, losing 195 points or finishing the session at 8,181.
In Germany, the DAX 30 index, added by 605 points to reach 18,301, while France’s CAC 40 decreased by 278 points to stop at 7,352 at the end of the trading day.
Italy’s FTSE MIB, which covers the top 40 stocks traded on the Milan Stock Exchange, decreased by 1,081 points to 33,291. However, Spain’s IBEX 35, lost by 228 points, to close at 11,173.
A review of South Asian stock markets shows that India’s Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index BSE Sensex has lost 1,182 points during the week. At the end of the week, the index stood at 82,365 points. On the other hand, the Nifty-50 index of the country’s National Stock Exchange dropped by 383 points last week. At the end of the week, the index stood at 24,852 points.
Pakistan Stock Exchange Index ‘KSE 100’, added 459 points last week. After a week of losing, the index settled at 79,002 points.
On the other hand, The Sri Lankan stock market index loss, and the Colombo Stock Exchange index ‘ASPI’ decreased by 94 points in a week. After a week the index settled at 10,775 points.
Bhutan’s stock market index ‘BSI’ dropped by 9 points hence the index stood at 1,500 points throughout the whole week. Nepal’s ‘NEPSE’ lost 22 points, therefore the index stands at 2,727 points.
Hence Dhaka Stock Exchange: The benchmark index ‘DSEX’ lost by 75.77 points or 1.31 percent, in the outgoing week. At the end of the week, the index stands at 5,728 points.
