Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| Average Call Money Rate | 4.28% (Mar 07 ’18) | 4.28% (Feb 28 ’18) | – |
| Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) | 8,313.50 (Mar 07 ’18) | 7,482.10 (Feb 28 ’18) | 11.11% |
Prices | Weighted Average Deposit Rate | 5.01% (Jan ’17) | 4.91% (Dec ’17) | 0.10% |
Weighted Average Lending Rate | 9.42% (Dec ’17) | 9.35% (Dec ’17) | 0.07% |
Spread | 4.41% (Dec ’17) | 4.44% (Dec’17) | 0.03% |
| YoY Private Sector Credit Growth | 18.36% (Jan ‘17) | 18.13% (Dec ‘17) | 0.23% |
| Classified Loan % Total Outstanding | 10.67% (Sep’17) | 10.13% (Jun’17) | 0.54% |
Major Local Economic Indices
GDP Growth Rate | 7.28% (FY ’17) | 7.11% (FY ’16) | 0.17% |
Inflation (12 Months Average) | 5.70% (Dec ’17) | 5.52% (Dec ’16) | 0.18% |
Export | 3,408.85 (Jan ’18) | 3,292.23 (Jan ’17) | 3.54% |
Import (C&F) | 4,692.10 (Dec ’17) | 3,994.10 (Dec ’16) | 17.48% |
Foreign Remittance | 1,149.00 (Feb ’18) | 940.75 (Feb ’17) | 22.14% |
FX Reserve | 31,930.62 (March 07 ’18) | 31,577.73 (March 07 ‘17) | 1.12% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
Local | DSEX | 5,822.18 (March 08 ‘18) | 5,870.83 (March 01 ‘18) | 0.83% |
CSCX | 10,867.18 (March 08 ‘18) | 10,997.64 (March 01 ‘18) | 1.19% |
CASPI | 18,000.66 (March 08 ‘18) | 18,218.98 (March 01 ‘18) | 1.20% |
Global | Nikkei 225 | 21,470.72 (Mar 09 ‘18) | 21,887.35 (Mar 02 ’18) | 1.90% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 25,320.59 (Mar 09 ‘18) | 25,294.60 (Mar 02 ’18) | 0.10% |
FTSE 100 | 7,218.90 (Mar 09 ‘18) | 7,042.95 (Mar 02 ’18) | 2.50% |
Major Global Economic Indices
Type | Country | Inflation2 | GDP Growth Rate1 | Unemployment Rate1 |
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G8 | United States | 2.10% | 2.50% | 4.10% 2 |
Great Britain | 3.00% | 1.40% | 4.40% |
Euro Zone | 1.20% 3 | 2.70% | 8.60% |
Major Trade Partners | China | 2.90% 3 | 6.80% | 3.90% |
India | 5.07% | 7.20% | 6.06% 3 |
Germany | 1.40% 3 | 2.90% | 3.60% 2 |
Singapore | 0.00% | 3.60% | 2.10% |
1-Dec’17;2-Jan’18; 3-Feb’18
Commodity Market
Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] | 65.49 | 61.25 | 6.92% |
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) | 1,323.93 | 1,322.75 | 0.09% |
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] | 489.25 | 500.00 | 2.15% |
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] | 31.59 | 32.30 | 2.20% |
* Current Period refers to March 09, 2018 & Earlier Period Refers to March 02, 2018
Exchange Rates
EUR-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.2307. Previous week’s rate was 1.2317, change -0.08%. |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to USD exchange rate 1.3850. Previous week’s rate was 1.3802, change +0.35%. |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 106.8200. Previous week’s closing price was 105.7500, change +1.01%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7844. Previous week’s rate was 0.7760, change +1.08%. |
Banking News in Capital Market
- IDLC: The Company has requested the shareholders to update their respective BO Accounts with 12 digits e-TIN number, Bank Account, mailing address, contact number through their respective Depository Participant (DP) before the Record Date.
- TRUSTBANK: The Company has informed that Mr. Faruq Mainuddin Ahmed has been appointed as the MD and CEO of the Company with effect from February 18, 2018.
- ABB1STMF: On the close of operation on February 22, 2018, the Fund has reported NAV of Tk. 12.50 per unit on the basis of current market price and Tk. 11.28 per unit on the basis of cost price against face value of Tk. 10.00.
- EBL1STMF: On the close of operation on February 22, 2018, the Fund has reported NAV of Tk. 11.90 per unit on the basis of current market price and Tk. 10.98 per unit on the basis of cost price against face value of Tk. 10.00.
- DUTCHBANGL: The Board of Directors has recommended 30% cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. Date of AGM: 29.03.2018
Week in History
- March 04, 1980 – Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe’s first black prime minister.
- March 05, 1982 – Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus.
- March 06, 1975 – Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
- March 07, 2007 – The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
- March 08, 2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
- March 09, 2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
- March 10, 2017 – The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country’s Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
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.