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TT-Clean: 77.1 | TK BC-Selling: 78.1
TK OD-Sight: 76.88 TK | TC-Selling: 78.1 TK

TT-Clean: 77.1 | TK BC-Selling: 78.1
TK OD-Sight: 76.88 TK | TC-Selling: 78.1 TK

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TK OD-Sight: 76.88 TK | TC-Selling: 78.1 TK

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Issue 25, March 19, 2017

Money Market

ParametersCurrent PeriodEarlier PeriodChange
Average Call Money Rate 3.64%
(Mar 16 ’17)
3.61%
(Mar 09 ’17)
0.03%
Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,367.00
(Mar 16 ’17)
5,881.00
(Mar 09 ’17)
12.80%
PricesWeighted Average Deposit Rate 5.13%
(Jan ’17)
5.22%
(Dec ’16)
0.09%
Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.85%
(Jan ’16)
9.93%
(Dec ’16)
0.08%
Spread 4.72%
(Jan ’16)
4.71%
(Dec ’16)
0.01%
YoY Private Sector Credit Growth 15.61%
(Jan ‘16)
15.55%
(Dec ‘16)
0.06%
Classified Loan % Total Outstanding 9.23%
(Dec ’16)
10.34%
(Sep ’16)
1.11%

Major Local Economic Indices

GDP Growth Rate 7.11%
(FY ’16)
6.55%
(FY ’15)
0.56%
Inflation (12 Months Average) 5.41%
(Feb ’17)
5.44%
(Jan ’17)
0.03%
Export 2,726.12
(Feb ’17)
2,854.22
(Feb ’16)
4.49%
Import (C&F) 4,301.70
(Jan ’17)
3,591.50
(Jan ’16)
19.77%
Foreign Remittance 936.20
(Feb ’17)
1,136.27
(Feb ’16)
17.61%
FX Reserve 31,766.04
(Mar 15 ’17)
27,842.05
(Mar 15 ’16)
14.09%

Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned

Capital Market

LocalDSEX 5,701.27
(Mar 16 ’17)
5,671.62
(Mar 09 ’17)
0.52%
CSCX 10,729.42
(Mar 16 ’17)
10,653.41
(Mar 09 ’17)
0.71%
CASPI 17,705.45
(Mar 16 ’17)
17,570.69
(Mar 09 ’17)
0.77%
GlobalNikkei 225 19,521.59
(Mar 17 ’17)
19,604.61
(Mar 10 ’17)
0.42%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 20,914.62
(Mar 17 ’17)
20,902.98
(Mar 10 ’17)
0.06%
FTSE 100 7,424.96
(Mar 17 ’17)
7,343.08
(Mar 10 ’17)
1.12%

Major Global Economic Indices

TypeCountryInflation1GDP Growth Rate2Unemployment Rate3
G8United States 2.70% 1.90% 4.70%1
Great Britain 1.80%4 2.00% 4.80%4
Euro Zone 2.00% 1.70% 9.60%4
Major
Trade
Partners
China 0.80% 6.80% 4.02%
India 3.65% 7.00% 5.98%
Germany 2.20% 1.20% 3.80%4
Singapore 0.60%4 2.90% 2.20%

1– Feb ‘17; 2-Dec ’16; 3-Nov ’16, 4-Jan ‘17

Commodity Market

Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] 51.76 51.37 0.76%
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) 1,229.26 1,204.64 2.04%
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] 436.25 440.5 0.96%
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] 32.3 32.68 1.16%

* Current Period refers to Mar 17, ‘17 & Earlier Period Refers to Mar 10, ’17

Exchange Rates

EUR-USDLatest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.0738. Previous week’s rate was 1.0673, change +0.609%.
GBP-USDLatest GBP to US D exchange rate 1.2396. Previous week’s rate was 1.2167, change +1.882%.
USD-JPYCurrent USD-JPY exchange rate is 112.70. Previous week’s closing price was 114.79, change -1.821%.
USD-AUDCurrent AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7704. Previous week’s rate was 0.7542, change +2.148%.

Banks News in Dailies

Banks News in Capital Market

  • MERCANBANK: The Company has informed that the Board of Directors has unanimously resolved to establish a fully owned subsidiary Company to run Mobile Financial Services  MYCash, subject to approval from the Regulatory Authorities.
  • STANDBANKL: 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 22, 2017 at 3:00 PM to consider, among others, audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended on December 31, 2016.
  • ALARABANK: The Company has further informed that the Board meeting under LR 19(1) of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (Listing) Regulations, 2015, will now be held on March 28, 2017 at 3:00 PM to consider, among others, audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended on December 31, 2016.

Week in History

  • March 12, 1609 – The island of Bermuda was colonized by the British after a ship on its way to Virginia was wrecked on the reefs.
  • March 14, 1879 – Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. His theory of relativity led to new ways of thinking about time, space, matter and energy. He received a Nobel Prize in 1921 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1933 where he was an outspoken critic of Nazi Germany. Believing the Nazis might develop an atomic bomb, he warned President Roosevelt and urged the development of the U.S. Atomic bomb
  • March 12, 1881 – The founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was born in Salonika, Greece. Following World War I, he led the Turkish revolution and became Turkey’s first president.
  • March 12, 1999 – Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic became full-fledged members of NATO less than ten years after exchanging communist rule for democracy and ending their Cold War military alliances with Soviet Russia

Disclaimer: This Document has been prepared and issued by R&D, DBL on the basis of the public information available in the market, sources of data believed to be reliable. All reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the facts
& information stated in the Document are accurate as on the date mentioned herein.