Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday, the last trading session of the week, maintaining the previous day’s upward trend.
Both the Dhaka Stock Exchange, the prime bourse of Bangladesh, and Chittagong Stock Exchange, the port city bourse of the country, experienced upward trend.
The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) advanced 26.02 points, while the selective catagory index of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) earned 50.05 points around 11:00am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 26.02 points or 0.60 per cent to stand at 4390.34 points, when the report was filed at 11:25am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 11.85 points or 0.69 per cent to reach at 1,720.40 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) gained 7.87 points or 0.73 per cent to reach at 1,079.63 points.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 1.02 billion when the report was filed at 11:25am.
Of the issues traded till then, 175 advanced, 38 declined and 40 issues remained unchanged.
Lafarge Surma Cement dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 85 million changing hands till then, followed by Shahjibazar Power, Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries Ltd, Emerald Oil Industries Ltd, BSRM, and Doreen Power.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse also saw positive trend at opening with its Selective Category Index- CSCX– surging 50.05 points to stand at 8,223.01 points, also at 11:22am.
Of the issues traded till then, 96 gained, 21 declined 15 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 58 million.
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