Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- Ten most-traded companies accounted for 44 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with Orion Pharma leading the turnover list.

For the past few weeks, some selective stocks have dominated the DSE turnover chart. Two of them, Orion Pharma and Beximco, jointly captured 25 per cent of this week's total turnover.

According to the DSE data, some 87.54 million Orion Pharma shares were traded during the week, generating a turnover of Tk 12.40 billion, which was 12.27 per cent of the week's total turnover.

The week's total turnover stood at Tk 101 billion on the prime bourse, which was 43 per cent higher than the previous week's turnover of Tk 70.82 billion.

Orion Pharma's share pri...