Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks opened with a negative trend on Tuesday, maintaining the previous day’s downturn.
Both the market, the Dhaka Stock Exchange, the prime bourse of Bangladesh, and Chittagong Stock Exchange, the port city bourse of the country, nosedived at the beginning with volatility.
The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) declines 5.02 points while the port city bourse Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) drops 0.29 point after 30 minutes of the day’s trading.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 5.02 points or 0.11 per cent to at 4,555.72 points, when the report was filed at 11:00am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, lost 0.96 points or 0.05 per cent to stand at 1,740.96 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) shed 0.82 points or 0.07 per cent to reach at 1,109.08 points.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 364 million when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 63 advanced, 109 declined and 46 issues remained unchanged.
City Bank was the most traded stocks till then with shares BDT 57 million changing hands followed by CVO Petrochemicals Refinery, Fu-Wang Ceramics, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation and IT Consultants.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse- the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also saw negative trend with its Selective Category Index- CSCX- shedding 0.29 points to stand at 8,535.73 points, also at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 29 gained, 46 declined 13 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 23 million.
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