The general index at Dhaka Stock Exchange on Monday went up to a new high of 2762.37 points amid buying rush of the investors just a day ahead of the bourse’s Eid closure.

A DSE stock broker said investors’ rush in buying shares pushed up the stock prices for the third consecutive trading day on Monday.

DSE general index gained 26.43 points or 0.97 per cent. The bourse’s benchmark index crossed 2700-point mark for the first time on Sunday.

The bourse’s blue chips index, DSE20, advanced by 29.56 points or 1.41 per cent to close at 2129.18.

Chittagong Stock Exchange’s selective categories index gained 42.96 points or 0.96 per cent to close at 4497.15, while its blue chips index, CSE30, advanced by 72.91 points or 1.16 per cent to close at 6342.81.

Of the total 215 issues traded at the DSE, 136 posted gains, 68 declined and 11 remained unchanged, and out of 117 issues traded at the CSE, 73 advanced, 36 dipped and eight remained unchanged.

Turnover at the DSE also increased to Tk 244.63 crore from the Sunday’s Tk 232.96 crore.

CSE turnover, however, went down marginally to Tk 32.30 crore from the previous day’s Tk 34.49 crore.

BRAC Bank topped the turnover leaders at the DSE with total transaction of Tk 19.15 crore.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange has initiated an investigation to find out reasons behind the recent unusual share price surge of Lexco Ltd, a low-profile ‘Z’ category share, said officials.

‘Market monitoring wing of the bourse is working to dig out the reasons behind the volatility in the share price of the company, said DSE chief executive officer Salahuddin Ahmed Khan.

He said DSE on Monday halted the trading in the shares of Lexco from 12:30pm to facilitate the market enquiry. The bourse also kept halted the trading of the tannery company for couple of hours on Sunday, he said.

‘The company, however, has informed us that there is no undisclosed price sensitive information behind the recent rise in its share price,’ DSE chief executive said.

The share price of Lexco shot up to Tk148 on Monday from Tk104.50 on October 2, DSE statistics show. The face value of the share of the company is Tk 100 each.

He said trading of the shares of Raspit Incorporation BD Ltd was also halted on Monday for market enquiry.