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The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has revised its CSE-30 Index on the basis of the performance of the listed companies.
The new index will come into effect on September 10. The port city’s bourse reviews the index twice a year.
After the latest revision, 10 companies have been included in the CSE-30 Index, while 10 were excluded from the previous list.
The new companies that have been included in the list are Bangladesh National Insurance Company, Bangladesh Submarine Cables, Bank Asia, British American Tobacco Bangladesh, BSRM Steels, Delta Life Insurance, DBH Finance, Matin Spinning Mills, NRBC Bank and Square Textiles.
On the other hand, Apex Footwear, Export Import Bank, Far East Knitting & Dyeing Industries, Green Delta Insurance, Mercantile Bank, Navana CNG, Popular Life Insurance, Pubali Bank, Summit Alliance Port and Summit Power have been excluded from the previous list.
The new list of CSE30 Index constituent companies includes Aamra Networks, Bangladesh National Insurance, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, Bangladesh Submarine Cables, Bank Asia., Beximco Pharmaceuticals, Brac Bank, British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company, BSRM Steels, City Bank, Delta Life Insurance, DBH Finance, Eastern Bank, Eastern Housing, IDLC Finance, Jamuna Oil Company, Lafargeholcim Bangladesh, Matin Spinning Mills, Meghna Petroleum, MJL Oil Company, Prime Bank, Square Pharmaceuticals, Square Textiles, Acme Laboratories, Premier Bank, Unique Hotel & Resorts and Uttara Bank.
The CSE-30 companies accounted for 34.85 per cent of the free-float market capitalisation of the CSE.