South Asian Stocks:
A review of South Asian markets shows that India’s Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index BSE Sensex has dived 62 points during the week. At the end of the week, the index stood at 64,886 points. On the other hand, the Nifty-50 index of the country’s National Stock Exchange dropped by 45 points last week. At the end of the week, the index stood at 19,265 points.
Pakistan Stock Exchange Index ‘KSE 100’, the worst performer of the week, shed 537 points last week. After a week of losing, the index settled at 47,683 points.
On the hand The Sri Lankan stock market hiked, the Colombo Stock Exchange index ‘ASPI’ decreased by 196 points in a week. After a week the index settled at 11,207 points.
Bhutan’s stock market index ‘BSI’ has stable points hence the index stood at 1,423 points throughout the whole week. Nepal’s ‘NEPSE’ lost by 20 points last week, as the index stands at 2,013 points.
Weekly Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSE, Dhaka Bourse has seen a hike in Turnover, Index & Market Capitalization. This information was disclosed in the weekly market review from the DSE.
According to sources, (5 working days) the turnover of DSE hiked by Tk 700 crore 28 lakh (20 August – 24 August). At the same time, the market capitalization has also gained by 1 thousand 888 crore 94 lakh 85 thousand 021 taka.
The benchmark index ‘DSEX’ added by 25.26 points or 0.40 percent, in the outgoing week. At the end of the week, the index stands at 6,280 points.
