Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks saw upward trend in early hour of trading on Sunday with marginal volatility.
Both the Dhaka Stock Exchange, the prime bourse of Bangladesh, and Chittagong Stock Exchange, the port city bourse of the country, witnessed positive trend on the first trading session of the week.
The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange went up 3.88 points while the selective categories index of port city bourse gained 9.75 points in first 15 minutes of trade on Sunday.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
After 15 minutes of the day’s trading, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 3.88 points or 0.08 percent to reach at 4,437.46, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, gained 3.30 points or 0.19 percent to stand at 1,692.39.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 1.73 points or 0.16 percent to reach at 1,069.20.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 217 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 68 advanced, 59 declined and 28 issues remained unchanged.
Olympic Industries was the most traded stocks till then with shares BDT 27 million changing hands followed by Emerald Oil, Titas Gas, Quasem Drycells and Shahjibazar Power.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also opened positive trend with its Selective Category Index - CSCX - gaining 9.75 points to stand at 8,242.02, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 18 gained, 12 declined and 6 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 8.15 million.
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