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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 79, April 01, 2018

Money Market

ParametersCurrent PeriodEarlier PeriodChange
Average Call Money Rate 4.54%
(Mar 28 ’18)
4.51%
(Mar 21 ’18)
0.03%
Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 7,818.75
(Mar 28 ’18)
8,170.50
(Mar 21 ’18)
4.31%
PricesWeighted Average Deposit Rate 5.18%
(Feb ’17)
5.01%
(Jan’17)
0.17%
Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.55%
(Feb ’17)
9.42%
(Jan ’17)
0.13%
Spread 4.37%
(Feb’17)
4.41%
(Jan ’17)
0.04%
YoY Private Sector Credit Growth 18.36%
(Jan ‘18)
18.13%
(Dec ‘17)
0.23%
Classified Loan % Total Outstanding 9.31%
(Dec’17)
9.23%
(Dec’16)
0.08%

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 3,072.15
(Feb ’18)
2,705.99
(Feb ’17)
22.16%
Import (C&F) 5,255.00
(Jan ’18)
4,301.70
(Jan ’17)
17.48%
Foreign Remittance 1,149.00
(Feb ’18)
940.75
(Feb ’17)
22.14%
FX Reserve 32,208.76
(March 21 ’18)
32,035.15
(March 21 ‘17)
0.54%

Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned

Capital Market

LocalDSEX 5,597.44
(March 29 ‘18)
5,580.59
(March 22 ‘18)
0.30%
CSCX 10,403.60
(March 29 ‘18)
10,414.66
(March 22 ‘18)
0.11%
CASPI 17,239.35
(March 29 ‘18)
17,239.35
(March 22 ‘18)
0.14%
GlobalNikkei 225 21,680.99
(Mar 23 ‘18)
21,680.99
(Mar 23 ’18)
1.04%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 24,991.92
(Mar 23 ‘18)
24,991.92
(Mar 23 ’18)
3.34%
FTSE 100 7,169.49
(Mar 23 ‘18)
7,169.49
(Mar 23 ’18)
1.32%

Major Global Economic Indices

TypeCountryInflation3GDP Growth Rate1Unemployment Rate1
G8United States 2.20% 2.50% 4.10% 3
Great Britain 2.70% 1.40% 4.30% 2
Euro Zone 1.10% 2.70% 8.60% 2
Major
Trade
Partners
China 2.90% 6.80% 3.90%
India 4.44% 7.20% 6.23% 4
Germany 1.60% 4 2.90% 3.60% 2
Singapore 0.50% 3.60% 2.10%

1-Dec’17;2-Jan’18; 3-Feb’18

Commodity Market

Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] 69.34 70.28 1.34%
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) 1,325.47 1,314.24 0.85%
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] 451.00 467.75 3.58%
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] 31.87 31.61 0.82%

* Current Period refers to March 31, 2018 & Earlier Period Refers to March 23, 2018

Exchange Rates

EUR-USDLatest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.2324. Previous week’s rate was 1.2365, change -0.33%.
GBP-USDLatest GBP to USD exchange rate 1.4015. Previous week’s rate was 1.4155, change -0.99%.
USD-JPYCurrent USD-JPY exchange rate is 106.2800. Previous week’s closing price was 105.0300, change +1.19%.
USD-AUDCurrent AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7679. Previous week’s rate was 0.7726, change -0.61%.

Banking News in Dailies

Banking News in Capital Market

  • DHAKABANK: BSEC has accorded consent for raising of capital through issuance of Non-Convertible Floating Rate Subordinated Bond amounting to Tk. 500.00 crore
  • JAMUNABANK: BSEC has accorded consent for raising of capital through issuance of Non-Convertible Coupon Bearing Subordinated redeemable bond amounting to Tk. 500.00
  • PUBALIBANK: Recommended 10% stock Dividend for the year 2017. Date of AGM: 10.05.2018.
  • JAMUNABANK: Recommended 17% cash and 5% stock dividend for 2017. AGM: 30.04.2018,
  • UTTARABANK: Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on April 08, 2018 to consider audited financial statements for the year 2017.
  • ICBIBANK: Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on April 05, 2018 to consider audited financial statements for the year 2017.

Week in History

    • March 25, 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistan Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
    • March 26, 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
    • March 27, 2014 – Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
    • March 28, 1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
    • March 29, 2017 – – The United Kingdom invokes Article 50, beginning the formal process of Brexit.
    • March 30, 2017 – SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
    • March 31, 1998 – Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.

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.