Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| Average Call Money Rate | 4.53% (Mar 27’19) | 4.53% (Mar 20’19) | 0.00% |
| Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) | 3,634.99 (Mar 27’19) | 5,388.03 (Mar 20’19) | 32.54% |
Prices | Weighted Average Deposit Rate | 5.34% (Mar 28’19) | 5.34% (Mar 21’19) | 0.00% |
Weighted Average Lending Rate | 9.49% (Mar 28’19) | 9.49% (Mar 21’19) | 0.00% |
Spread | 4.15% (Mar 28’19) | 4.15% (Mar 21’19) | 0.00% |
| YoY Private Sector Credit Growth | 16.95% (Oct ’18) | 16.95% (Oct ’18) | 0.00% |
| Classified Loan % Total Outstanding | 10.30% (Dec ’18) | 11.45% (Sep ’18) | 1.15% |
Major Local Economic Indices
GDP Growth Rate | 7.86% (FY ’18) | 7.28% (FY ’17) | 0.58% |
Inflation (12 Months Average) | 5.49% (Feb ‘19) | 5.51% (Jan ‘19) | 0.02% |
Export | 3,383.20 (Feb ’19) | 3,072.15 (Feb ’18) | 10.12% |
Import (C&F) | 6,120.80 (Jan ’19) | 5,255.00 (Jan ’18) | 16.48% |
Foreign Remittance | 1,317.73 (Feb ’19) | 1,149.08 (Feb ’18) | 14.68% |
FX Reserve | 31,653.27 (Mar 27’19) | 32,351.68 (Mar 27’18) | 2.16% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
Local | DSEX | 5,505.4975 (Mar 28’19) | 5,570.15307 (Mar 21’19) | 1.16% |
CSCX | 10,239.1181 (Mar 28’19) | 10,370.4555 (Mar 21’19) | 1.27% |
CASPI | 16,898.7754 (Mar 28’19) | 17,108.8851 (Mar 21’19) | 1.23% |
Global | Nikkei 225 | 21,033.76 (Mar 28’19) | 21,608.92 (Mar 21’19) | 2.66% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 25,625.59 (Mar 28’19) | 25,745.67 (Mar 21’19) | 0.47% |
FTSE 100 | 7,194.19 (Mar 28’19) | 7,325.17 (Mar 21’19) | 1.79% |
Major Global Economic Indices
Type | Country | Inflation5 | GDP Growth Rate2 | Unemployment Rate |
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G8 | United States | 1.50% | 2.60% 5 | 3.80%5 |
Great Britain | 1.90% | 0.20% | 3.90% 4 |
Euro Zone | 1.50% | 0.20% | 7.80% 4 |
Major Trade Partners | China | 1.50% | 1.50% 5 | 3.80% 5 |
India | 2.57% | 1.50% | 6.10%1 |
Germany | 1.50% | 0.00% | 3.20% 4 |
Singapore | 0.50% | 1.40% 5 | 2.20%5 |
20-Feb’2019, 27-Feb’2019, 07-Mar’2019, 14-Mar’2019, 21-Mar’2019, 28-Mar’2019
Commodity Market
Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] | 67.65 | 68.36 | 1.04% |
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) | 1,311.10 | 1,318.11 | 0.53% |
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] | 465.50 | 463.75 | 0.38% |
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] | 28.68 | 29.39 | 2.42% |
*Current Period refers to March 28’19 & Earlier Period Refers to March 21’19
Exchange Rates
EUR-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate is 1.1259. Previous week’s rate was 1.1368, change -0.96% |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to USD exchange rate is 1.3202. Previous week’s rate was 1.3220, change -0.14%. |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 110.4800. Previous week’s closing price was 111.3200, change -0.75%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate is 0.7094. Previous week’s rate was 0.7094, change 0.00%. |
Banking News in Capital Market
- BANK ASIA : Mr. Rumee A Hossain, one of the Sponsors and Directors of the Company, has expressed his intention to buy 3,00,000 shares of the Company at prevailing market price (In the Public market) through Stock Exchange (DSE) within next 30 working days.
- BRAC BANK : The Company has informed that they will organize a disclosure program on its Audited Financial Statements of 2018 on March 27, 2019 at 7:00 PM at BRAC Bank Head Office in Dhaka. The concerned stakeholders can participate at this event via live webcast facility at the web link http://bit.ly/brac_fy18. The company has requested the concerned stakeholders to login using the (cont.)
Week in History
- March 24, 1934 – The Philippine Islands in the South Pacific were granted independence by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after nearly 50 years of American control.
- March 25, 1807 – The British Parliament abolished the slave trade following a long campaign against it by Quakers and others.
- March 26, 1992 – Soviet Cosmonaut Serge Krikalev returned to a new country (Russia) after spending 313 days on board the Mir Space Station. During his stay in space, the Soviet Union (USSR) collapsed and became the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- March 27, 1977 – The worst accident in the history of civil aviation occurred as two Boeing 747 jets collided on the ground in the Canary Islands, resulting in 570 deaths.
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