Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| Average Call Money Rate | 3.53% (Feb 23 ’17) | 3.48 (Feb 16 ’17) | 0.05% |
| Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) | 6,706.00 (Feb 23 ’17) | 7,202.00 (Feb 16 ’17) | 6.89% |
Prices | Weighted Average Deposit Rate | 5.22% (Dec ’16) | 5.29% (Nov ’16) | 0.07% |
Weighted Average Lending Rate | 9.93% (Dec ’16) | 9.94% (Nov ’16) | 0.01% |
Spread | 4.71% (Dec ’16) | 4.65% (Nov ’16) | 0.06% |
| YoY Private Sector Credit Growth | 15.55% (Dec ‘16) | 15.01% (Nov ‘16) | 0.54% |
| Classified Loan % Total Outstanding | 10.34% (Sep’16) | 10.06% (Jun ’16) | 0.28% |
Major Local Economic Indices
GDP Growth Rate | 7.11% (FY ’16) | 6.55% (FY ’15) | 0.56% |
Inflation (12 Months Average) | 5.44% (Jan ’17) | 5.52% (Dec ’16) | 0.08% |
Export | 3,312.04 (Jan ’17) | 3,185.63 (Jan ’16) | 3.97% |
Import (C&F) | 3,994.10 (Dec ’16) | 3,898.30 (Dec ’15) | 2.46% |
Foreign Remittance | 1,009.44 (Jan ’17) | 1,150.64 (Jan ’16) | 12.27% |
FX Reserve | 32,291.68 (Feb 22 ’17) | 27,950.35 (Feb 22 ’16) | 15.53% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
Local | DSEX | 5,625.33 (Feb 23 ’17) | 5,590.67 (Feb 16 ’17) | 0.62% |
CSCX | 10,564.16 (Feb 23 ’17) | 10,489.04 (Feb 16 ’17) | 0.72% |
CASPI | 17,418.61 (Feb 23 ’17) | 17,309.35 (Feb 16 ’17) | 0.63% |
Global | Nikkei 225 | 19,283.54 (Feb 24 ’17) | 19,234.62 (Feb 17 ’17) | 0.25% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 20,821.76 (Feb 24 ’17) | 20,624.05 (Feb 17 ’17) | 0.96% |
FTSE 100 | 7,243.70 (Feb 24 ’17) | 7,299.96 (Feb 17 ’17) | 0.77% |
Major Global Economic Indices
Type | Country | Inflation4 | GDP Growth Rate3 | Unemployment Rate3 |
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G8 | United States | 2.50% | 1.90% | 4.80%4 |
Great Britain | 1.80% | 2.00% | 4.80% |
Euro Zone | 1.80% | 1.70% | 9.60% |
Major Trade Partners | China | 2.50% | 6.80% | 4.02% |
India | 3.17% | 7.30%1 | 5.98% |
Germany | 1.90% | 1.20% | 3.90% |
Singapore | 0.60% | 2.90% | 2.20% |
1– Sep ‘16; 2-Nov ’16; 3-Dec ’16, 4-Jan ‘17
Commodity Market
Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] | 55.99 | 55.81 | 0.32% |
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) | 1,257.19 | 1,234.60 | 1.83% |
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] | 448.00 | 455.50 | 1.65% |
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] | 32.67 | 33.16 | 1.48% |
* Current Period refers to Feb 24, ‘17 & Earlier Period Refers to Feb 17, ’17
Exchange Rates
EUR-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.0563. Previous week’s rate was 1.0616, change -0.499% |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to US D exchange rate 1.2462. Previous week’s rate was 1.2412,change +0.403% |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 112.12. Previous week’s closing price was 112.84, change -0.638%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7676. Previous week’s rate was 0.7664, change +0.157%. |
Banks News in Capital Market
- MERCANBANK: The Board of Directors has recommended 15% cash dividend and 5% stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2016. Date of AGM: 30.03.2017,Time: 11:00 AM, Venue: FARS Hotel & Resorts, 212, Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Sharani (Bijoynagar), Dhaka-1000. Record Date: 16.03.2017
- ICBIBANK: As per Regulation 19(1) of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (Listing) Regulations,2015, the Company has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on March 2, 2017 at 2:35 PM to consider, among others, audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended on December 31, 2016
- SIBL: The Board of Directors has recommended 20% cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2016. Date of AGM: 30.03.2017, Time and Venue of the AGM will be notified later on. Record Date: 14.03.2017. The Company has also reported Consolidated EPS of Tk. 3.10, Consolidated NAV per share of Tk. 19.22 and Consolidated NOCFPS of Tk. 1.02 for the year ended on December 31, 2016 as against Tk. 2.77 (restated), Tk. 18.42 and Tk. 6.59 respectively for the same period of the previous year.
Week in History
- February 19, 1473 – Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun,Poland. Considered the founder of modern astronomy, he theorized that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system.
- February 24, 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII corrected mistakes on the Julian calendar by dropping 10 days and directing that the day after October 4,1582 would be October 15th. The Gregorian, or New Style calendar, was then adopted by Catholic countries, followed gradually by Protestant and other nations.
- February 21, 1972 – President Richard Nixon arrived in China for historic meetings with Chairman Mao Tse-tung and Premier Chou En-lai
- February 21, 1965 – Former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X (1925-1965) was shot and killed while delivering a speech in a ballroom in New York City.
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& information stated in the Document are accurate as on the date mentioned herein.