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

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

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

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Issue 144 July 28, 2019

Money Market

Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change
Average Call Money Rate 2.31%
(Jul 24’19)
2.31%
(Jul 17’19)
0.83%
Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 7,142.74
(Jul 24’19)
7,142.74
(Jul 17’19)
22.02%
Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.46%
(Jul 25’19)
5.46%
(Jul 18’19)
0.00%
Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.51%
(Jul 25’19)
9.51%
(Jul 18’19)
0.00%
Spread 4.05%
(Jul 25’19)
4.05%
(Jul 18’19)
0.00%
Classified Loan % Total Outstanding 11.87%
(Mar ’19)
10.78%
(Mar ’18)
1.09%

Major Local Economic Indices

GDP Growth Rate 8.13%
(FY ’19)
7.86%
(FY ’18)
0.27%
Inflation (12 Months Average) 5.47%
(Jun ‘19)
5.48%
(May ‘19)
0.01%
Export 2,784.44
(June ’19)
2,939.35
(June ’18)
5.27%
Import (C&F) 5,124.40
(May ’19)
5,597.30
(May ’18)
8.44%
Foreign Remittance 1,368.20
(Jun ’19)
1,384.38
(Jun ’18)
1.67%
FX Reserve 32,032.11
(Jul 24’19)
32,012.60
(Jul 24’18)
0.06%

Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned

Capital Market

Local DSEX 5,133.25526
(Jul 25’19)
5,130.69837
(Jul 18’19)
0.05%
CSCX 9,551.5187
(Jul 25’19)
9,561.1477
(Jul 18’19)
0.10%
CASPI 15,713.7569
(Jul 25’19)
15,729.6958
(Jul 18’19)
0.10%
Global Nikkei 225 21,756.55
(Jul 25’19)
21,046.24
(Jul 18’19)
3.37%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 27,269.97
(Jul 25’19)
27,219.85
(Jul 18’19)
0.18%
FTSE 100 7,501.50
(Jul 25’19)
7,489.39
(Jul 18’19)
0.16%

Major Global Economic Indices

Type Country Inflation5 GDP Growth Rate2 Unemployment Rate
G8 United States 1.60% 3.10% 5 3.70%5
Great Britain 2.00% 0.50% 3.80% 4
Euro Zone 1.30% 0.40% 7.50% 4
Major Trade Partners China 2.70% 1.60% 5 3.67% 5
India 3.18% 1.60% 6.00%1
Germany 1.60% 0.40% 3.10% 4
Singapore 0.60% -3.40% 5 2.20%5

20-Jun’2019, 27-Jun’2019, 04-Jul’2019, 11-Jul’2019, 18-Jul’2019, 25-Jul’2019

Commodity Market

Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] 63.30 63.70 0.63%
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) 1,422.12 1,420.44 0.12%
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] 495.75 503.25 1.49%
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] 28.93 28.22 2.52%

*Current Period refers to Jul 25’19 & Earlier Period Refers to Jul 18’19

Exchange Rates

EUR-USD Latest EUR to USD exchange rate is 1.1143. Previous week’s rate was 1.1218, change -0.67%
GBP-USD Latest GBP to USD exchange rate is 1.2469. Previous week’s rate was 1.2419, change 0.40%.
USD-JPY Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 108.1200. Previous week’s rate was 108.1500, change -0.03%.
USD-AUD Current AUD to USD exchange rate is 0.6979. Previous week’s rate was 0.7010, change -0.44%.

Banking News in Dailies

Banking News in Capital Market

  • DHAKABANK : As per Regulation 16(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 July 30, 2019 at 3:00 PM to consider, among others, un-audited financial statements of the Company for the Second Quarter (Q2) period ended on June 30, 2019.
  • EXIMBANK : The Company has informed that Cash Dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018 has been disbursed to the respective shareholders’ Bank accounts through EFTN system.

Week in History

    • July 21, 1898 – Guam was ceded to the United States by Spain.
    • July 21, 1899 – Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954, he wrote little afterward, became ill and shot himself to death on July 2, 1961.
    • July 25, 1909 – The world’s first international overseas airplane flight was achieved by Louis Bleriot in a small monoplane.
    • July 26, 1953 – The beginning of Fidel Castro’s revolutionary “26th of July Movement.” In 1959, Castro led the rebellion that drove out Dictator Fulgencio Batista. Although he once declared that Cuba would never again be ruled by a dictator, Castro’s government became a Communist dictatorship.

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.