South Asian Stocks:
A review of South Asian markets shows that India’s Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index BSE Sensex has gained 501 points during the week. At the end of the week, the index stood at 65,387 points. On the other hand, the Nifty-50 index of the country’s National Stock Exchange added by 170 points last week. At the end of the week, the index stood at 19,435 points.
Pakistan Stock Exchange Index ‘KSE 100’, the worst performer of the week, shed 2,359 points last week. After a week of losing, the index settled at 45,324 points.
On the hand The Sri Lankan stock market hiked, the Colombo Stock Exchange index ‘ASPI’ decreased by 51 points in a week. After a week the index settled at 11,156 points.
Bhutan’s stock market index ‘BSI’ has slightly gained by 4 points hence the index stood at 1,427 points throughout the whole week. Nepal’s ‘NEPSE’ lost by 23 points last week, as the index stands at 1,990 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 38 crore 9 lakh (27 August – 31 August). At the same time, the market capitalization has also gained by 832 crore 74 lakh 58 thousand 135 taka.
The benchmark index ‘DSEX’ added by 19.41 points or 0.31 percent, in the outgoing week. At the end of the week, the index stands at 6,299 points.
