Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) resumed after three hours and 50 minutes of suspension due to technical glitches on Sunday.
The DSE authorities decided to continue the trading till 4:00pm Sunday due to the disruption, Shafiqur Rahman, DSE general manager (DGM) of PR Department, told the BBN.
The trading at the prime bourse of Bangladesh usually begins at 10:30am and continues till 2:30 in every working day.
However, instruments on SPOT trading cycle will be tradable till 2:30pm to facilitate financial settlement within banking hour, the DSE official added.
A technical glitch halted share trading at DSE on Sunday which was supposed to start at 10:30am.
DSE officials told the BBN that brokerage houses could not re-log the server of the DSE that forced the authorities of the Bangladesh’s prime bourse to halt share trading.
DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE, rose 27.70 points to close at 4,483.28 points on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the port city bourse – the CSE – opened on time with positive note.