Press Release

June 24, 2009

CSE continues super ceding own records
BDT 163 crore turnover, all time high

CSE reached at its new milestone of all time high record of BDT 163.06 Crore Turnover Value today along with huge turnover volume. Two new records observed only within two weeks.

CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) closed today at 9977.83 points which is also another record of CSE.

The previous trade record year to year basis is as follows:

Year

Trade Volume ( In Tk.)

   

4th November 1996

36.59 crore

   

21st November 2004

36.67 crore

   

28th May, 2007

36.75 crore

   

26th June, 2007

45.48 crore

   

18th October 2007

45.77 crore

   

22nd October, 2007

56.91 crore

   

4th February, 2008

63.12 crore

   

21st April, 2008

71.69 crore

   

8th June, 2008

88.31 crore

   

12th October, 2008

89.73 crore

   

16th October, 2008

109.17 crore

   

18th June, 2009

151.37 crore

   

24th June, 2009

163.06 crore

On this occasion, Mr. Nasiruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, President of the Chittagong Stock Exchange observed that it has been possible by collective efforts of CSE members, retail and institutional investors and the CSE employees over the years. He expressed his gratitude to all concerned on this occasion.

Kamal Uddin Jalal
Manager, Market Development